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Leaf from a Book of Hours

Manuscript Cutting
mid 1490s (made)
Place of origin
Flanders (made)
Ghent (made)

Full-page miniature showing the Presentation in the Temple. Decorated border with illusionistic peacock feathers.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.

Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleLeaf from a Book of Hours
Materials and techniques
Ink
Pigments
Gold
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Miniature showing the Presentation in the Temple, attributed to the circle of the Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, from the Hours of Louis Quarré (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 311), Ghent (Flanders), c.1495.
Physical description
Full-page miniature showing the Presentation in the Temple. Decorated border with illusionistic peacock feathers.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Dimensions
  • Height: 221mm
  • Width: 141mm
  • External border height: 215mm
  • External border width: 134mm
  • Miniature only height: 165mm
  • Miniature only width: 91mm
Production typeUnique
Gallery label
Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A, 08/09/2021 - 26/06/2022, rooms 88A-90



A Rediscovered Miniature

This Presentation of Christ in the Temple has been
considered a copy since 1906, but research for this
display has shown that it came from the late 15th century
Hours of Louis Quarré, now in Oxford. Quarré
was an important finance official at the Burgundian
court and his book of hours with illusionistic borders
exemplifies the luxury book production fashionable
at the time in Flanders (now Belgium).



Presentation in the Temple, from the Hours of Louis Quarré

(Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 311)

Attributed to the circle of the Master of the First Prayer Book
of Maximilian

Ghent, Flanders (now Belgium), about 1495

Ink, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment

Museum no. 4101
Object history
Entry in Register of drawings: ‘Miniature on vellum. The wise men’s offering (marked Gibbs Sept. 1856) Price £1.0.0. size 8 ½ x 5 ¾'.
Acquired by Gibbs (probably James Gibbs) in September 1856 (inscription on the back recorded in the Register of Drawings). Bought for £1 by the museum before 5 June 1864 when it was transferred from the Art Museum. Considered by Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) to be a copy in a 1906 letter (pasted on the back of the mount) to Dr Edward Fairbrother Strange of the National Art Library.
Bibliographic reference
Yvard, C., 'From codex to leaf and from copy to original artwork: the reincarnations of two 15th-century miniatures (V&A 4101 and 4280)', in Fragmented illuminations: the many lives of manuscript cuttings, ed. by C. Yvard, London: UCL Press/V&A Publishing, forthcoming.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
4101

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1012781/leaf-from-a-book-of-manuscript-cutting/
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