Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1470 (illuminated)
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This is a page from a Book of Hours showing the Coronation of the Virgin. Books of Hours were produced in great numbers. They were made for ordinary people and were produced in lay workshops. They are small and often highly decorated and were intended for reading in the home. The owner of a Book of Hours was meant to stop eight times a day and read the appropriate text as in monastic orders. The central text of a Book of Hours was the Hours of the Virgin. This comprised prayers and Psalms intended to be used in honour of the Virgin Mary at particular hours of the day (Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline). This page is from Compline. Pictures or miniatures appear at the beginning of the text to guide the thoughts of the user.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Water-based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment |
| Brief description | Leaf from the Book of Hours with half-page miniature from Compline (Coronation of the Virgin); France; ca 1470 A duplicate number MS.828 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Leaf from a Book of Hours with half-page miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin. |
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| Object history | Part of cuttings purchased in batches from William Henry James Weale in 1883, 95 on 9 April 1883, 258 on 17 April 1883, 20 on 20 February, for the total sum of £96.7.2 (now Museum nos 8972-9042). |
| Historical context | Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows: '9015 C (MS 828) BOOK OF HOURS Leaf, with half-page miniature for Compline (Coronation of the Virgin - Christ with Cross and God the Father on a double throne both holding a crown on the Virgin's head, the Holy Ghost between them); 4-line initial D Inc: Converte nos Deus salutaris noster France. c. 1470 180 x 120 mm; written space 105 x 70 mm; 17 lines; 1 col. Bought from Weale, 1883, 9s. Pub: 1908 cat, 76' |
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| Summary | This is a page from a Book of Hours showing the Coronation of the Virgin. Books of Hours were produced in great numbers. They were made for ordinary people and were produced in lay workshops. They are small and often highly decorated and were intended for reading in the home. The owner of a Book of Hours was meant to stop eight times a day and read the appropriate text as in monastic orders. The central text of a Book of Hours was the Hours of the Virgin. This comprised prayers and Psalms intended to be used in honour of the Virgin Mary at particular hours of the day (Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline). This page is from Compline. Pictures or miniatures appear at the beginning of the text to guide the thoughts of the user. |
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| Accession number | 9015C |
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| Record created | February 19, 2004 |
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