Book of Hours (DS4821) (Q21963)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 11:15A, Lewis E M 11:15A)
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Book of Hours (DS4821)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 11:15A, Lewis E M 11:15A)

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    Extent: 54 x 84 mm; parchment
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    Lamentation
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    This miniature was painted by the French illuminator Jean Poyer, active in Tours, ca. 1483-1503. Some scholars believe that the miniature is from a now lost book of hours mentioned in an entry in the accounts of Anne of Brittany (d. 1514), queen of Charles VIII of France (r. 1483-1498) and patron of Jean Poyer. The document records a payment made to the artist in 1497 for 23 miniatures, 271...
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    The leaf has been dated to the mid 1490s.
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    Script: Bastarda
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    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    4 December 2023
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    4 December 2023
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