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The Black Hours
(Pierpont Morgan Library, New York)
The Black Hours
A splendid jewel in black and silver, gold and blue.
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€ 4,400.00
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Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy
Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy
"Glanzlichter der Buchkunst" Vol. 3
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The outstandingly beautiful decoration of this book of hours documents the courtly society of this period at the Burgundian court.
Product can be delivered immediately
€ 89.00 
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Cod. Vindob. 1857, between 1470 and 1480. Cloth-bound/dust jacket, shipping slipcase.
Reproduction in reduced size of all 380 pp., 72 pp. commentary by F. Unterkircher, former Director of the Manuscript Department at the Austrian National Library, who gives a codicological description (German), size: 14,3 x 19,5 cm.
Reduced series price per volume: Euro 79,- Single list price per volume: Euro 89,-
Produkt-Nr.: SK_108; Verlag/Hersteller: Adeva
The Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold, was made when book illumination had reached its peak, at a time when there were already printed books around; however, this period also saw the production of precious handwritten codices, especially in the Netherlands and in France. This book of hours, with its magnificent miniatures and scrollwork reflecting the splendour of the Burgundian court, was a gift of Marguerite of York to her stepdaughter Mary.
The codex is well known among art historians and connoisseurs of book painting alike. Its outstandingly beautiful decoration makes it one of those manuscripts which both fascinate and astonish the reader on every single page. Besides miniatures of Flemish origin, it also contains some of the most splendid compositions by leading artists of the Burgundian court.

All 378 pages (189 folios) of the prayer book fascinate by their artful decoration. The first 34 leaves containing the Calendar excel by a special technique which seems well worth mentioning: the text is hand written in gold and silver ink on a black ground. With a total of 20 full-page miniatures, the book raises the curtain on everyday life and thinking in the Burgundian period. Each text page of the book is embellished with ornamental borders, drolleries, phantastic decorations and rich calligraphic elements. Only top artists were asked to make their contribution to this holistic work of art.

The masters of the Book of Hours

The production of a richly artful, illuminated book of hours was usually the work of a team. While a calligrapher was in charge of the writing, the ornamental borders were executed by a technically competent miniaturist who based his work on existing models or even prefabricated stencils. The illustrations as such were added by a different master at a later stage. The result is clearly visible in this work which combines the foremost achievements of Flemish book painting in the late seventies of the 15th century.

Reflections of a luxurious court life

By today’s standards, the luxurious decoration of this book of hours does not always correspond with the character of a book of meditation. Although the illustrations show religious scenes, their composition and details are above all masterpieces of painting, as the emphasis seems to be more on artistic execution than on contents.

This book most impressively presents not only the way of thinking prevalent during the heyday of the Burgundian court but also documents the courtly society of this period. The reader’s gaze is often pleasantly diverted from the contents of the picture, by idyllic landscape backgrounds, magnificent architecture or fashionable and elegant clothing, not to mention the numerous amusing figures in the margins.
If our secular age takes offence at the profane decoration of prayer books, this is because we have forgotten that people of these times were quite innocent of our radical separation of the spiritual and the secular today; they had a holistic Christian conception of the world in which the beautiful and the serene were present, side by wide with the Holy.
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