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Illuminiated Prayer Book
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This prayer book was written in Dutch ca. 1475. It is notable for its full-page miniature introducing the prayers, which represents a clock containing the crown of thorns, centered between the names of Christ and the Virgin in gold and blue. Reference to the mystical meaning of the clock is found in the manuscript, which contains Henry Suso's text of the clock of the eternal wisdom.
Provenance
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Aert de Cort and Elizabeth de Cort, 16th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Adolfo E. Schramm, 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1998 | The Origins of Dutch Painting: Manuscripts from the Fifteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Netherlands, Holland (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 6 5/16 × W: 4 5/16 in. (16.1 × 11 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation, 1994
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.834