Prayer book (Dominican nun) (DS11881) (Q51008)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.464, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.464)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Prayer book (Dominican nun) (DS11881) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.464, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.464) |
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ca. 1475-1500
15. century
1475Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 148 x 96 (- x -)
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Decoration: - Full-page miniature of a kneeling Dominican nun praying in her convent garden, a shield with a coat of arms hanging from a tree branch behind her.
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Likely the frontispiece owner's portrait of an illustrated prayerbook. The illumination would have faced the opening page of text.
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Provenance: Once sold by Sotheby's, 5 July 2011, lot 9
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The shield hanging from the tree bears the arms of the Saint-Genois family, and the unnamed nun depicted in the illumination may have been a family member stationed at the Dominican convent at Forest, near Brussels.
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The convent's abbess, Margaretha de Gavere de Leiderkercke, is known for having commissioned a number of illuminated volumes. See Smeyers and Van den Stock, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts. Ghent: Ludion Press, 1996, no. 23.
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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