Book of Hours
(Medieval Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This fragmentary Book of Hours was created in Ghent ca. 1300 for the use of a woman with Dominican ties. Although quite a bit of text and imagery is missing, including the calendar and Office of the Dead, this tiny manuscript is lavishly decorated on nearly every page with marginal drolleries and grotesques, making it a rich and charming book even in its fragmentary state.
Provenance
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Gruel and Engelmann Collection, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
1993 | Bookish Business: Henry Walters and Leon Gruel. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
1982 | God's Minstrel: St. Francis of Assisi. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
10/1/1958 | Treatment | other |
6/26/1984 | Treatment | stabilized |
Geographies
Belgium, Ghent (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 2 11/16 × W: 1 7/8 in. (6.8 × 4.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.85
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