Book of Hours: Arrest of Christ

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Made c. 1500

Material / Technique

Inventory numberNMB 2314

AcqusitionPurchase 1987

Other titlesTitle (sv): Tidebok: Kristi tillfångatagande (fol.) Title (en): Book of Hours: Arrest of Christ

DescriptionDescription: NMB 2314 A French Book of Hours illuminated by followers of Jean Bourdichon. [Northern France (Le Mans?), c.1500] Catalogue raisonné: NMB 2314 A French Book of Hours illuminated by followers of Jean Bourdichon. [Northern France (Le Mans?), c.1500] Physical Description MATERIAL: Tempera and gold on parchment. BINDING: Tight spine dark brown leather binding. Simple embroidered endbands. Parchment endpapers. DIMENSIONS: 150 x 90 mm (pages)/162 x 99 x 34 mm (binding). NUMBER OF LEAVES: 136ff. RULING: 22 lines of text, ruled in light red. LANGUAGE: Latin SCRIPT: Gothic textura. RUBRICATION: Illuminated rubrics. Text Hours of the Virgin. Decoration There are 29 small and 4 large miniatures. There are numerous marginal decorations and architectural frames around the miniatures. The architectural cathedral frames with gothic statues are typical for Northern French art in this period. Provenance 1. Written in Northern France at the end of the 15th century. 2. Bought at Christie’s, December 9th, 1983. Exhibited 1. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Gyllene böcker. Nyförvärv och nyupptäckter, December 1987-March 1988. Commentary The manuscript was written at the end of the 15th century. Written for liturgical use of Le Mans and possibly made in that city. There are two main artists, one who illuminated the three large miniatures, and one who illuminated the others. The artists are followers of Jean Bourdichon. Bibliography Abel, Ulf, and Nils Göran Hökby (eds.), Gyllene böcker. Nyförvärv och nyupptäckter (Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1987), no. 83, p. 71. Christie’s Sale Catalogue, London, 9th of December 1983, lot 199. Sandgren, Eva Lindqvist, Illuminated Manuscripts in Swedish Collections, https://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/resultList.jsf?dswid=7830&p=1&searchType=EXTENDED&sortString=creationYear_sort_asc&noOfRows=10&af=%5B%22ARCHIVE_ORG_ID_facet%3A67%22%5D&query=&aq=%5B%5B%7B%22HOST%22%3A%22alvin-record%3A471052%22%7D%5D%5D&aqe=%5B%5D Research project 2022-2023, Illuminated Manuscript, Christian Etheridge, Art Historian

Collection

MaterialParchment