BIBLES:
Introduction | Gallery Guide
BOOKS OF HOURS: Introduction
| Gallery Guide
PSALTERS: Introduction
| Gallery Guide
LITURGICAL: Introduction
| Gallery Guide
LITERARY: Introduction
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Full
exhibition checklist (text only)
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Gallery Guide: Books of Hours |
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Book
of Hours for Rouen Use. France, Rouen, c. 1470 |
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of Hours for Rome Use (Collins Hours). Belgium, possibly Bruges,
c. 1445-50 (
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Philip S. Collins in memory
of her husband. 1945-65- 4) The Nativity, fols. 73v-74 Chanting the Office of the Dead, fol. 128v |
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Book
of Hours for Paris Use. France, probably Brittany, c. 1425,
Willem Vrelant, active 1449 to 1481 (The Free Library
of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Widener 5) |
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of Hours for Sarum Use (Mostyn Hours). England, probably London,
c. 1470, probably Illustrator B of Fitzwilliam Museum 56 (
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Philip S. Collins in memory
of her husband. 1945-65- 6) Christ Carrying the Cross, fol. 68v Last Judgment, fol. 117v |
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Book
of Hours for Rome Use (Victorines-d'Auxy Hours). |
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Book
of Hours. Northern Netherlands, county of Holland, miniatures
probably from Leiden, text c. 1475–1500, miniatures c. 1520,
The Masters of the Suffrages ( The Free Library of Philadelphia,
Rare Book Department, Lewis E 130) |
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of Hours for Rome Use. Belgium, Bruges, 1430s, a Member of the Gold Scrolls Group, active c. 1415 to 1455 (The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 99) Pentecost, fol. 12v The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child in a Garden, fol. 16v |
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| Book
of Hours for Rennes Use France, Paris, c. 1405 The Luçon Master, active 1401 to 1417 The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Widener 4 Transfiguration, fol. 120v Calendar Page for September, fol. 9 |
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of Hours for Utrecht Use. The Netherlands, c. 1500 (The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Krauth Memorial Library, 3478) The Throne-of-Grace Trinity, fol. 14v Initial H Decorated with Penwork, fol. 133 |
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| Book
of Hours for Dominican Use. Italy, Siena, c. 1470 Liberale da Verona, 1445–1527/29 (The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 118) King David in Penance, fol. 132v Death Standing in a Landscape, fol. 95v |
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| Book
of Hours for Bourges Use. France, probably Bourges, c. 1500
(The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 86) Bathsheba at Her Bath, with Uriah Sent to His Death, fol. 96 Annunciation, fols. 39v-40 |
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of Hours for Paris Use. France, Paris, The Master of the Mazarin Hours, active c. 1408 to 1420 (The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Widener 6) Virgin and Child Entertained by Angels, fol. 20v Angels Holding Cross, fol. 215 |
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of Hours for Sarum Use. Belgium, Bruges, 1460–70 (The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Widener 3) The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas à Becket, fol. 19v Saint George and the Dragon, fol. 21v Binding and Clasps |
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| Book
of Hours for Rome Use. Belgium, Bruges, late 15th century,
The Master of Edward IV, active 1470s to c. 1500 (The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 108) The Three Living and Three Dead, fol. 109v Annunciation, fol. 34v |
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| Book
of Hours for Rome Use. France, Paris, early 16th century
(The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 113) Dance of Death: The Pope, fol. 40v Allegory of Death, fol. 40 |
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| Book
of Hours for Thérouanne Use. Northern France, diocese of
Thérouanne, c. 1500–1525 (The Library Company of Philadelphia,
MS 24) Lazarus and Dives, fol. 100v The Donor Adoring the Trinity, fol. 128v |
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| Book
of Hours for Rome Use. France, Provence, probably Carpentras,
c. 1450 (Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Philip S.
Collins in memory of her husband. 1945-65- 8) Monks Chanting the Office of the Dead, fol. 77 Annunciation, fol. 13 |
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| Book
of Hours for Paris Use. France, Paris, early 16th century
(The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis E 97) Burial, with Souls Released from Purgatory, fol. 80 The Death of the Virgin, fol. 52v |
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| Book
of Hours for Sarum Use (Streeter-Piccard Hours). Flanders, Bruges,
c. 1440, Nicholas Brouwer, active 1420 to 1450 (Bryn
Mawr College Library, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, MS 27) Souls Being Borne to Heaven, fol. 77v Saint John the Baptist, fol. 11v |
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| Nuns'
Prayer Book. Germany, Cologne, c. 1450 (University of Pennsylvania,
The Walter H. and Lenore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
Philadelphia, MS Codex 141) Historiated Initial D with the Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene |
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| Prayer
Book. France, Saint Amand, 1538 (The Free Library of Philadelphia,
Rare Book Department, Lewis E 176) Two Angels Holding a Monstrance, fol. 26v The Virgin and Child Standing on a Crescent Moon, fol. 112v |
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| See also: leaf from the Henry VII Hours in the Learning Center Slide Show |
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