Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1470 (illuminated)
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This is a page from a Book of Hours showing the Raising of Lazarus. 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.
This page is from the Office of the Dead, which would be said around the bier of a dead person. It was also said daily as a reminder of one's mortality. Pictures or miniatures appear at the beginning of the text to guide the thoughts of the user.
This page is from the Office of the Dead, which would be said around the bier of a dead person. It was also said daily as a reminder of one's mortality. 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 for the Office of the Dead (Raising of Lazarus); France; ca 1470 A duplicate number MS.829 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. |
| Physical description | Page from a Book of Hours showing the Raising of Lazarus. |
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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 D (MS 829) BOOK OF HOURS Leaf, with half-page miniature for the Office of the Dead (Raising of Lazarus - Christ with three nimbed Maries, men of whom two hold a white cloth and a hand over their mouths) ; 4-line initial D Inc: Dilexi quoniam exaudiet dominus vocem orationis mee/... France. c. 1470 180 x 120 mm; written space 105 x 70 mm; 17 lines; 1 col. Bought from Weale, 1883, 10s. Pub: 1908 cat, 76' |
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| Summary | This is a page from a Book of Hours showing the Raising of Lazarus. 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. This page is from the Office of the Dead, which would be said around the bier of a dead person. It was also said daily as a reminder of one's mortality. Pictures or miniatures appear at the beginning of the text to guide the thoughts of the user. |
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| Accession number | 9015D |
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| Record created | February 19, 2004 |
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