Book of Hours

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Book of Hours

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1375–1399

Medium

Manuscript, unfoliated, with 11 full-page miniatures and other decorations in colored inks and gold leaf, with littera textualis inscriptions in Latin and French, in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment, bound in brown calf over boards, and with black calf on spine with interlace design added

Dimensions

Images, average: 8.5 × 6 cm (3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheets, average: 17 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Reference Number

1915.535

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