This volume reproduces for the first time the full complement of miniatures and a selection of text pages from The Book of Hours of Margaret of Cleves. Produced in Holland probably in the closing years of the 14th century, the manuscript is one of the founding documents of a sustained, indigenous tradition of Dutch book illumination. Its painter gave new visual form to the imagery of prayer in this manuscript and fashioned a series of illustrations of the Passion which is among the most inventive and powerful treatments of ...
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This volume reproduces for the first time the full complement of miniatures and a selection of text pages from The Book of Hours of Margaret of Cleves. Produced in Holland probably in the closing years of the 14th century, the manuscript is one of the founding documents of a sustained, indigenous tradition of Dutch book illumination. Its painter gave new visual form to the imagery of prayer in this manuscript and fashioned a series of illustrations of the Passion which is among the most inventive and powerful treatments of this subject produced anywhere in Europe. Chapters consider the patron and her world, the contents and form of the manuscript, the oeuvre of the Master of Margaret of Cleves, the place of the painter in the artistic traditions of his time, and his possible identity.
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Add this copy of As Horas De Margarida De Cleves. the Hours of Margaret to cart. $31.47, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Museu Calouste Gulbenkian.
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VG-, ex-library with a spine label, bookplate, and some labels inside cover and behind title page. A bump with creasing to upper corner, dent on front cover, text pages bright and clean. Navy glossy wraps with color illustration. XII, 15, 186 pp. 44 b/w illustrations, 15 color plates. Text in English and Portuguese. Reproduces for the 1st time the full complement of miniatures and a selection of text pages from one of the least-known treasures of the Gulbenkian Museum. Produced in Holland probably in the closing years of the 14th century, the Hours of Margaret Cleves can be counted among the founding documents of a sustained, indigenous tradition of Dutch manuscript illumination. -p. 3.