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Book of Hours
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This Book of Hours was created by the workshop of the Boucicaut Master, an anonymous artist whose innovations had a lasting impact on French, Flemish, and Dutch illumination throughout the fifteenth century. Every page of the manuscript has an illuminated border of vines and flowers, often with amusing figures or music-making angels. Dozens of miniatures are present throughout, including calendar illustrations, scenes for the Hours of the Virgin, and figures of the Saints.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Maggs Brothers, Ltd., London, after 1853; Acquired by Léon Gruel, Paris; Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Music in Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1994 | A Bouquet of French Manuscripts: Remembering Eleanor Spencer. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1989 | Masters and Manuscripts: Or, How to Distinguish One Illuminator from Another. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1962 | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/28/1987 | Treatment | stabilized |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 7 11/16 × W: 5 11/16 in. (19.6 × 14.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.260