| Location: | Trogen |
| Library / Collection: | Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| Shelfmark: | CM Ms. 6 |
| Manuscript title: | Book of Hours from France |
| Caption: | Parchment · 212 ff. · 18.5 x 13 cm · Northern France (Paris?) · middle of the 15th century |
| Language: | Latin, French |
| Manuscript summary: | This Book of Hours is patterned after the liturgical format of the Parisian 'Horae'. It differs, however, in its richer, yet qualitatively narrower range of illustrations: each of the Gospel selections is accompanied by a portrait of its author, and the Marian Office by a complete cycle illustrating the childhood of Jesus. The artist's indirect reception of the originals by the well known Paris illuminator, via a series of intermediate steps, displays numerous misunderstandings or intentional revisions. To the modern eye, accustomed to modern aesthetic norms, the shallow fields, bold juxtaposition of colors, and extremely foreshortened perspective used in these illustrations come across as expressive and inventive. The commissioner of the work is unknown. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-cea-0006 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/cea/0006 |
| How to quote: | Trogen, Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 6: Book of Hours from France (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/cea/0006) |
| Online since: | 06/08/2009 |
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