Page of a Book of Hours
c.1500 (made)
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Page from a Book of Hours. Parchment, metal-cut text with hand-drawn initial letters, decorative border showing scenes of Biblical temptation.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | parchment with metal-cut lettering and hand-drawn illumination |
| Brief description | Page from a Book of Hours, Paris, c.1500, with hand-illuminated initial letters on parchment. One of 364 prints in a set of 3 bound volumes, E.12 to 375-1941. |
| Physical description | Page from a Book of Hours. Parchment, metal-cut text with hand-drawn initial letters, decorative border showing scenes of Biblical temptation. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Eustace F. Bosanquet |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1941, London: HMSO, 1954. |
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| Accession number | E.13-1941 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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