Book of Hours
UNKNOWN
French, 16th century
Single leaf from a printed Book of Hours, 16th century
Engraving printed in red and black inks on vellum
Public domain
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
2017.030
This vellum page from a Book of Hours dates to the 16th century, but its origins and creator are unknown. It contains a prayer to the Virgin Mary surrounded by a border, with a number of small vignettes along the left side and the bottom. Here, in a simplified adaptation of more expensive handmade Books of Hours, the texts and images are somewhat individualized. From the prayer and border we can assume that the owner was a woman – quite likely a mother. For her, the book must have held personal significance and the prayers could be related to her own life.
Inez Olszewski ‘22
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