Book of Hours (DS4801) (Q21903)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 10:11, Lewis E M 10:11)
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Book of Hours (DS4801)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 10:11, Lewis E M 10:11)

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    Extent: 71 x 120 mm; parchment
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    Christ carrying the cross
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    The iconography of this miniature suggests that it may have once marked the beginning of Sext of the Hours of the Cross in a book of hours. The image of Christ carrying the Cross on the way to Calvary typically begins this hour of the office. The miniature was painted in the style of Willem Vrelant, one of the most influential illuminators working in Bruges during the third quarter of the...
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    This cutting can be dated to ca. 1480.
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    This is the reverse of a cutting with a miniature from a book of hours.
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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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