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 pocket-sized Flemish Book of Hours was likely created in Bruges ca. 1500. It contains illuminations produced by the Ghent-Bruges school stylistically associated with the Master of the Prayerbooks, who was active at that time. The manuscript still retains the original binding signed by Ludovicus Bloc, a binder documented in Bruges ca. 1484-1529. The miniatures can be compared with those in W.176 in the Walters' collection, as well as with those in a manuscript also bound by Ludovicus Bloc in the Detroit Institute of Arts (Acc. no. 63.146). The overall image cycle is closely related to that of W.427, another Flemish Book of Hours preserved at the Walters Art Museum.
Gotica rotunda
Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.
Cataloger: Valle, Chiara
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Wallace, Susan
Contributor: Brown, Emily
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbold, Rebekah
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Schuele, Allyson
Contributor: Shartrand, Emily
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Gruel, León. Manuel historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de reliures. Vol. 1. Paris: Gruel and Engelmann, 1887; p. 56 (illus.).
Gruel, León. Collection León Gruel. Paris: Gruel and Engelmann, 1905; cat. no. 13.
De Ricci, Seymour, 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. 807, cat. no. 315.
Miner, Dorothy. The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Exhibition Catalogue, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949; cat. no. 211.
Miner, Dorothy. The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D. Exhibition Catalogue, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1957; cat. no. 180.
Diringer, David. The Illuminated Book: Its History and Production. Revised edition. New York: Faber and Faber, 1967; p. 447, Pl. vii-32a.
Calkins, Robert G. A Medieval Treasury. Exhibition Catalogue for Cornell University. Ithaca: Office of University Publications of Cornell University, 1968; cat. no. 108.
Kren, Thomas. Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library. Exhibition Catalogue for J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983; p. 62.
Manion, Margaret M. and Vera F. Vines. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Australian Collections. Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1984; p. 137.
Wolf, Horst. Kostbarkeiten flämischer Buchmalerei. Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1985; Pls. 42, 45.
Owens, M. B. "Musical Subjects in the Illumination of Books of Hours from Fifteenth-Century France and Flanders." Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1987; p. 472.
Shailor, Barbara A. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Binghamton, NY: State University of New York, 1987; p. 61.
Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. New York: George Braiziller, 1988; pp. 53-54, 218, cat. no. 104, fig. 24.
Brinkmann, Bodo. Die Flamische Buchmalerei Am Ende Des Burgunderreichs. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997; p. 378, Amm. 21.
Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 474-480, cat. no. 289.
As-Vijvers, Margaret W. “More than Marginal Meaning? The interpretation of Ghent-Bruges Border Decoration.” Oud-Holland: tijdschrift voor Nederlandse kunstgeschiedenis 116 (2003): 3-33; p. 30.
Marrow, James H. “Book of Hours in Latin: Flanders (Bruges), Use of Rome, ca. 1500. NYPL MA 118.” In The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library. Edited by Jonathan J. G. Alexander, James H. Marrow, and Lucy Freeman Sandler, 292-295. New York: New York Public Library, 2005; p. 295 (ref. under cat. no. 65).
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 (?), Flanders
Ca. 1500 CE
book
Original Binding
Bound by Ludovicus Bloc, documented in Bruges 1484-1529; wood boards covered by dark brown leather; sewn on four bands; blind-stamped panel on upper and lower covers with two vertical bands filled with spiraling vines forming four roundels inhabited by animals; framing fillets; bordering inscription signed Ludovicus Bloc; the inscription reads from the top and moving clockwise: "OB LAUDEM/XRISTI LIBRUM HUNC/RECTE LIGAVI/LUDOVICUS BLOC"; rebacked spine with four raised bands; modern endbands in green and pink silk; gilded edges gauffered in patterns of triple fillets; bindings signed by Ludovicus Bloc are preserved in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Acc. no. 63.146; Cambridge (England), St. John's College, Acc. no. MS I.39; The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliothek, Ms. 78 G 2; Princeton, University Library, Garrett 63; Syracuse University, George Arents Research Library, Ms. 7
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary languages of this manuscript are Italian, Spanish; Castilian.
Created in Bruges ca. 1500, based on style of miniatures and dates binder was active; possibly created for female suppliant referred to in devotional sequence on fols. 199r-210v; initials "AI"
Early owner inscribed date "1582" in plaque above cross on fol. 18r
Léon Gruel collection, Paris bookbinder and book dealer, by 1900; bookplate engraved "G&E"
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel after 1905
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Bruges (?), Flanders
Ca. 1500 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary languages of this manuscript are Italian, Spanish; Castilian.
Created in Bruges ca. 1500, based on style of miniatures and dates binder was active; possibly created for female suppliant referred to in devotional sequence on fols. 199r-210v; initials "AI"
Early owner inscribed date "1582" in plaque above cross on fol. 18r
Léon Gruel collection, Paris bookbinder and book dealer, by 1900; bookplate engraved "G&E"
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel after 1905
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This pocket-sized Flemish Book of Hours was likely created in Bruges ca. 1500. It contains illuminations produced by the Ghent-Bruges school stylistically associated with the Master of the Prayerbooks, who was active at that time. The manuscript still retains the original binding signed by Ludovicus Bloc, a binder documented in Bruges ca. 1484-1529. The miniatures can be compared with those in W.176 in the Walters' collection, as well as with those in a manuscript also bound by Ludovicus Bloc in the Detroit Institute of Arts (Acc. no. 63.146). The overall image cycle is closely related to that of W.427, another Flemish Book of Hours preserved at the Walters Art Museum.
Gotica rotunda
Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.
Cataloger: Valle, Chiara
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Wallace, Susan
Contributor: Brown, Emily
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbold, Rebekah
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Schuele, Allyson
Contributor: Shartrand, Emily
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Gruel, León. Manuel historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de reliures. Vol. 1. Paris: Gruel and Engelmann, 1887; p. 56 (illus.).
Gruel, León. Collection León Gruel. Paris: Gruel and Engelmann, 1905; cat. no. 13.
De Ricci, Seymour, 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. 807, cat. no. 315.
Miner, Dorothy. The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Exhibition Catalogue, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949; cat. no. 211.
Miner, Dorothy. The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D. Exhibition Catalogue, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1957; cat. no. 180.
Diringer, David. The Illuminated Book: Its History and Production. Revised edition. New York: Faber and Faber, 1967; p. 447, Pl. vii-32a.
Calkins, Robert G. A Medieval Treasury. Exhibition Catalogue for Cornell University. Ithaca: Office of University Publications of Cornell University, 1968; cat. no. 108.
Kren, Thomas. Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library. Exhibition Catalogue for J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983; p. 62.
Manion, Margaret M. and Vera F. Vines. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Australian Collections. Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1984; p. 137.
Wolf, Horst. Kostbarkeiten flämischer Buchmalerei. Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1985; Pls. 42, 45.
Owens, M. B. "Musical Subjects in the Illumination of Books of Hours from Fifteenth-Century France and Flanders." Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 1987; p. 472.
Shailor, Barbara A. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Binghamton, NY: State University of New York, 1987; p. 61.
Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. New York: George Braiziller, 1988; pp. 53-54, 218, cat. no. 104, fig. 24.
Brinkmann, Bodo. Die Flamische Buchmalerei Am Ende Des Burgunderreichs. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997; p. 378, Amm. 21.
Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 474-480, cat. no. 289.
As-Vijvers, Margaret W. “More than Marginal Meaning? The interpretation of Ghent-Bruges Border Decoration.” Oud-Holland: tijdschrift voor Nederlandse kunstgeschiedenis 116 (2003): 3-33; p. 30.
Marrow, James H. “Book of Hours in Latin: Flanders (Bruges), Use of Rome, ca. 1500. NYPL MA 118.” In The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library. Edited by Jonathan J. G. Alexander, James H. Marrow, and Lucy Freeman Sandler, 292-295. New York: New York Public Library, 2005; p. 295 (ref. under cat. no. 65).
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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