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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30529

Shelfmark:

ege-48

Title:

Ege leaf 48: Book of hours, Netherlands, 1400s

Book of hours

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 17.25 cm x 12.25 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: borders (ornament areas); flowers (motif); foliage (motif); gold leaf; illuminations (painting); initials (layout features); marginal illustrations; rubrics; rules (layout features); fruit (motif); long-line format;
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 48. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
THE NETHERLANDS
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Lettre de Forme
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
In the XVth century Books of Hours were as much in demand in the Netherlands as they were in France and England
In many of these books it is difficult to distinguish the Dutch Hours from those of Northern France or the Rhineland
In the middle of the century this whole area was interested in naturalism and made its illustrations so vivid that sometimes they approached those of our seed catalogues
It is not difficult to recognize carnations, pansies, columbines, and strawberries
The style later became even more realistic when the naturalistic flowers were painted with cast shadows
When such flowery decorations are found on a rather heavy piece of vellum, entangled with the swirling acanthus leaf and accompanied by a heavy lettre de forme script, one can be fairly safe in assigning the leaf to the province of Brabant
It was a difficult technical achievement at this time to apply the gouache colors to gold leaf so that they would adhere without flaking.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Books of hours

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/179

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:179/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University