Leaf from a Book of Hours
Manuscript Cutting
mid 1490s (made)
mid 1490s (made)
| Place of origin |
Full-page miniature showing the Presentation in the Temple. Decorated border with illusionistic peacock feathers.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Object details
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| Title | Leaf from a Book of Hours |
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| 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. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | 4101 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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