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BOOKS OF HOURS: Introduction
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PSALTERS: Introduction
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LITURGICAL: Introduction
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LITERARY: Introduction
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of Hours for Rouen Use France, Rouen, c. 1470 The Workshop of the Master of the Échevinage de Rouen The Visitation. The Hours of the Virgin form the core of a Book of Hours, and they are often illustrated with scenes from the Infancy of Christ. One of the first hours of the day is Lauds, illustrated here with a miniature of the Visitation, an event in which the pregnant Virgin Mary and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, meet. The border is richly and imaginatively decorated with a half-length man who springs from a flower, two brightly colored birds, and a gray beast. In the inner margin, a dog wears the cowl of a friar and holds a staff and a book. The Library Company of Philadelphia, MS 5, fol. 39v Next >> |
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