Book of Hours

Description Illustrated Books of Hours in Greek are extremely rare. This example is also of interest because its miniatures show interaction between the Late Byzantine and Gothic artistic styles. It may have been copied on the island of Crete, which in the fifteenth century was ruled by Venice.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/06/1978	Treatment	other
6/23/1986	Treatment	stabilized; repaired
9/28/2012	Treatment	re-housed; repaired; tears repaired

Exhibitions

• Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
• Byzantine Gold: Illumination in Greek Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.
• The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters