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Black Hours

  • Writer: Pippi
    Pippi
  • Dec 29, 2017
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Book of hours Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1480 MS M.493 fol. 54v


Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead); written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1480.Silver and gold lettering on vellum stained black (Black Hours).Decoration: 14 full-page miniatures.Artist: a follower of Guillaume Vrelant influenced by Philippe de Mazerolles; and Liévin van Lathem (fols. 13v-14).






 
 
 

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