Item Info
Item No: mcaw061372
Additional Title: Book of Hours, use of Paris
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin and French
Folio Number: f. 137v
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Christ presented by Annas to Caiaphas
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1415-1420.
Notes: This miniature begins Prime of the Short Hours of the Cross. The work of four, possibly five, artists has been detected in this manuscript. In the later Middle Ages, illuminated manuscripts were most often produced in workshops that employed several artists. These commercial workshops developed in response to the growing demand in lay society for beautifully illuminated manuscripts.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466040
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1425
Image Dimensions Width: 223 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 6