Horae
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Included are the following parts: Calendar, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Ghost, Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, Penitential Psalms, Lessons from the Four Gospels, Litany of the Saints, and Diverse prayers. There are five miniatures and twenty large initials done in the Franco-Flemish style which followed the school of the brothers Van Eyck; the illumination also shows the influence of the School of Fouquet.
Description
Alternative title | Book of Hours |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | 1 v. (168 leaves): vellum, 20 cm. |
Place | California |
Place | [Tournai |
Date created | 1486 or 1497.] |
Publication date | [1480 - 1499?] |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | Latin; French |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Catholic Church |
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Subjects
Subject | Eyck, Hubert van, 1366-1426 |
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Subject | Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 |
Subject | Fouquet, Jean, approximately 1420-approximately 1480 |
Subject | Catholic Church > Liturgy |
Subject | Catholic Church > Book of hours |
Subject | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance > Belgium |
Subject | Belgium > History > To 1555 |
Subject | Tournai (Belgium) |
Subject | Painters |
Genre | Miniatures |
Bibliographic information
Note | Reported to: Bibliothèque Nationale pre-1600 manuscript census. |
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Acquisition | Gift of B. F. Schlesinger. |
Biographical/Historical | Mary was the most popular expression of faith and devotion in the Middle Ages and her prayer book, the Book of Hours, was a favorite of lay persons throughout Europe. Many copies were executed by the finest artists of the period and were viewed among the rich as status symbols. |
Language | In Latin and French, Gothic minuscule script. |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/bk254dq8652 |
Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This material is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
- Copyright
- Public Domain.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
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