The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This Book of Hours was produced in Bruges ca. 1440-50. Although it is misbound and missing several illuminations, those that survive reveal a striking collaboration of Spanish artists and a group of South Netherlandish illuminators known now as the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. The Spanish influence suggests that the manuscript was possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges, and the possibility of Spanish ownership is strengthened by the added seventeenth-century heraldic frontispiece containing arms connected to several families of Spanish origin.
Well-formed textura
artist: Gold Scrolls group
Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.
Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Dutschke, Consuelo
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Joyal, Stephanie
Contributor: Marrow, James
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Delaissé, Leon M.J. Miniatures medievales de la libraire de Bourgogne au Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1959; cat. no. 216.
De Ricci, S., and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 795, cat. no. 242.
Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1953; pp. 61, 121, 123.
Delaissé, Leon M.J. "An Exhibition of Netherlandish Book Illumination, April 22 through May 12." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 17.3 (1960): 94-113; cat. no. 32.
Delaissé, Leon M.J., James H. Marrow, and John de Wit. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Illuminated Manuscripts. Fribourg, Switzerland, 1977; p. 214.
Dogaer, Georges. Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Amsterdam: B.M. Israël, 1987; p. 31, 36.
Clark, Gregory T. "The Chronology of the Louthe Master and His Identification with Simon Marmion." In Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and The Visions of Tondal, edited by T. Kren, pp. 209-222. Malibu, 1992. Papers delivered at a symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Huntington Library and Art Collections, June 21-23, 1990; p. 148, fig. 195.
Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Part 1. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 181-186, cat. no. 239.
Nash, Susie. Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens. London: The British Library, 1999; p. 209 (n. 46 for page 193).
Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique. "Le cycle d'enfance des petites de la vierge dans les livres d'heures des pays-bas méridionaux." In Manuscripten en miniaturen: Studies aangeboden aan Anne S. Korteweg bij haar afscheid van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Boekhandel. Nieuwe Reeks (8). Edited by Jos Biemans, Klaas van der Hoek, Kathryn M. Rudy, and Ed van der Vlist, 355-366. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2007; p. 362.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Bruges
Ca. 1440-50 CE
book
Non-original Binding
Rebound in Paris, France, ca. nineteenth century, signed R. Petit; brown boarded-grain goatskin; blind-tooled frame design around sides; fleurs-de-lis, leaf, and petal patterns on outer boards; two gold-tooled fillets around outer edges; gold-tooled foliate turn-ins; marbleized pastedowns and facing flyleaves; red, green, and yellow endbands and red ribbon marker
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Made in Bruges, ca. 1440-50, for the Use of Rome, associated with Tournai and Arras; Spanish and South Netherlandish illuminators, and possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges
Spain, seventeenth century; full-page frontispiece with heraldic cartouche, gilded inscription reads: "OFFICIUM/ BEATE MARIE/ VIRGINIS;" dual coat of arms attributed to the Rojas family of Castille
Duchesse de Berry, ownership inscription on front flyleaf iv, v; "Vente de la collection de Mme. la Duchesse de Berry, 22 Mars 1864" ; descriptive note below by book dealer: "MSC, tres beau manuscrit de la fin du 14e siècle ou du comm[encemen]t du 15e siècle, enrichi de 7 grandes miniatures à pleine page, d'une grande finesse; De la Bibliothèque de la Duchesse de Berry; Comme frontispiece une grande miniature du 17e siècle où sont ..... les armes d'une famille de Bellécombe en Dauphiné accolées aux Royat;" note in file reads: "27 March 1864, not identified with certainty" (provenance)
Fontan, Paris, purchased March 27, 1909, no. 28; note in file reads: "Sale of X
Léon Gruel collection, no. 12, Paris, after 1909, note in file reads: "No. 12; Collection; Leon Gruel;" possible ownership inscription on front flyleaf i, v: "J V [roman numeral 5] 12"
Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1909 and 1931, by purchase from Gruel
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Bruges
Ca. 1440-50 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Made in Bruges, ca. 1440-50, for the Use of Rome, associated with Tournai and Arras; Spanish and South Netherlandish illuminators, and possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges
Spain, seventeenth century; full-page frontispiece with heraldic cartouche, gilded inscription reads: "OFFICIUM/ BEATE MARIE/ VIRGINIS;" dual coat of arms attributed to the Rojas family of Castille
Duchesse de Berry, ownership inscription on front flyleaf iv, v; "Vente de la collection de Mme. la Duchesse de Berry, 22 Mars 1864" ; descriptive note below by book dealer: "MSC, tres beau manuscrit de la fin du 14e siècle ou du comm[encemen]t du 15e siècle, enrichi de 7 grandes miniatures à pleine page, d'une grande finesse; De la Bibliothèque de la Duchesse de Berry; Comme frontispiece une grande miniature du 17e siècle où sont ..... les armes d'une famille de Bellécombe en Dauphiné accolées aux Royat;" note in file reads: "27 March 1864, not identified with certainty" (provenance)
Fontan, Paris, purchased March 27, 1909, no. 28; note in file reads: "Sale of X
Léon Gruel collection, no. 12, Paris, after 1909, note in file reads: "No. 12; Collection; Leon Gruel;" possible ownership inscription on front flyleaf i, v: "J V [roman numeral 5] 12"
Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1909 and 1931, by purchase from Gruel
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This Book of Hours was produced in Bruges ca. 1440-50. Although it is misbound and missing several illuminations, those that survive reveal a striking collaboration of Spanish artists and a group of South Netherlandish illuminators known now as the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. The Spanish influence suggests that the manuscript was possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges, and the possibility of Spanish ownership is strengthened by the added seventeenth-century heraldic frontispiece containing arms connected to several families of Spanish origin.
Well-formed textura
artist: Gold Scrolls group
Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.
Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Dutschke, Consuelo
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Joyal, Stephanie
Contributor: Marrow, James
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Delaissé, Leon M.J. Miniatures medievales de la libraire de Bourgogne au Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1959; cat. no. 216.
De Ricci, S., and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 795, cat. no. 242.
Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1953; pp. 61, 121, 123.
Delaissé, Leon M.J. "An Exhibition of Netherlandish Book Illumination, April 22 through May 12." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 17.3 (1960): 94-113; cat. no. 32.
Delaissé, Leon M.J., James H. Marrow, and John de Wit. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Illuminated Manuscripts. Fribourg, Switzerland, 1977; p. 214.
Dogaer, Georges. Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Amsterdam: B.M. Israël, 1987; p. 31, 36.
Clark, Gregory T. "The Chronology of the Louthe Master and His Identification with Simon Marmion." In Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and The Visions of Tondal, edited by T. Kren, pp. 209-222. Malibu, 1992. Papers delivered at a symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Huntington Library and Art Collections, June 21-23, 1990; p. 148, fig. 195.
Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Part 1. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 181-186, cat. no. 239.
Nash, Susie. Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens. London: The British Library, 1999; p. 209 (n. 46 for page 193).
Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique. "Le cycle d'enfance des petites de la vierge dans les livres d'heures des pays-bas méridionaux." In Manuscripten en miniaturen: Studies aangeboden aan Anne S. Korteweg bij haar afscheid van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Boekhandel. Nieuwe Reeks (8). Edited by Jos Biemans, Klaas van der Hoek, Kathryn M. Rudy, and Ed van der Vlist, 355-366. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2007; p. 362.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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