PRINTED & HAND-ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS LEAF, c.1518 LESSONS, PSALM 39, BORDERS

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Original Printed & Hand-Illuminated Book of Hours Leaf, Paris, c. 1518 DECORATIVE BORDERS – Text: PSALM 39 (King James 40) and LESSONS V & VI! “…With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me…And he set my feet upon a rock and directed my steps. And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God…”


 
                         
       

  IM-11600: A fine original leaf from a printed and hand-illuminated Book of Hours. Twenty-eight lines of  ruled Latin text, printed in black on animal vellum. THREE ILLUMINATED TWO-LINE INITIALS AND NUMEROUS ILLUMINATED ONE-LINE INITIALS IN GOLD ALTERNATING ON A RED-ORANGE OR DEEP BLUE GROUND. This leaf measures 178 x 115 mm (7 x 4 1/2”).

   

Noted for the DECORATIVE BORDERS - the paneled surrounds are historiated (containing identifiable scenes or figures) or inhabited forms.

   

In purpose and format, printed Books of Hours followed the older manuscript examples.  The more luxurious were printed on vellum, as is this example.

 

This lovely Book of Hours leaf originates from Paris, France (Use of Rome), c. 1518. Printed by Gilles Hardouyn and hand-painted in the workshop of Germain Hardouyn - brother of the printer and a highly skilled illuminator. This is an original, not a reproduction and the condition is as shown in the photos.

 

The nine lessons from Job contain moving readings from Job detailing the trials he endured in his struggle for God’s blessings. The two-line illuminated “H” begins Lesson V -  Job 14: 1-6: “Homo…” (Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries…). The two-line illuminated “Q” begins Lesson VI – Job 14: 13-16: “Quis…” (Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell…).

 

The two-line illuminated “E” begins Psalm 39 (King James 40) 1-7: Expectans…” (With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.  And he heard my prayers and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock and directed my steps. And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God…).

 

Books of Hours are personal prayer books of a devout and status-conscious society and are not only works of art, but cultural documents of their time.  They reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery - made of the finest materials, by the best craftsmen, for a small audience that could both appreciate and afford them.

 

This leaf comes with a Certificate of Authenticity .

 

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  • Type: Illuminated Manuscript
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Material: Vellum
  • Place of Publication: Paris
  • Subject: Religion, Bibles
  • Language: Latin
  • Region: Europe
  • Date of Publication: c. 1518

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