Book of Hours

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/24/1974	Examination	examined for loan
4/05/1974	Treatment	stabilized
2/17/1976	Examination	examined for condition
10/24/2014	Treatment	binding stabilized; examined for exhibition
8/09/2017	Examination	examined for exhibition

Exhibitions

• The Last Flowering: French Paintings in Illuminated Manuscripts, 1420-1530. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 1982-1983.
• Splendor in Books. Grolier Club, New York; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1977-1978.
• Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
• The Four Seasons. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.
• The Naked and the Nude. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.
• Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988.
• Making Music in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• Outdoor Space in Medieval Book Illumination. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1990.
• Bookish Business: Henry Walters and Leon Gruel. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993.
• To Hell and Back: Medieval Images of the Afterworld. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
• Daily Life in Medieval Books. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996.
• Music in Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997.
• Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000.
• Prayers in Code: Books of Hours from Renaissance France. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009.
• Checkmate! Medieval People at Play. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2010.
• Seeing Music in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014.

Provenance Bishop Jean II de Mauléon, ca. 1523, by commission; Gruel and Engelmann [no. 140] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters