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Leaf from a Book of Hours
ca. 14257 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (18.4 x 13.9 cm)
French artist
France
Object Type:
Manuscript
Medium and Support:
Ink, gouache, gold on vellum
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Sibley Watson
Accession Number:
1937.55
Location: Not currently on view
Psalm 51:15 [or Vulgate 50:17]: Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiabit laudem tuam (O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise).
Books of Hours are Christian prayer books that, beginning in the 1200s, were used in the private devotional practices of the laity. They had several components, including a calendar, the four Gospel Lessons, the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross and Holy Spirit, special prayers to the Virgin and saints, and the Office of the Dead. Some Books of Hours were special commissions, created by artists attached to royal courts; others were standardized “stock” that were ordered and then personalized for individual patrons.
This leaf is the first page of the Hours of the Cross, which traditionally opens with an illuminated initial letter, an illustration of the Crucifixion, and the accompanying prayer: “Lord, open Thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth Thy Praise.”
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Books of Hours are Christian prayer books that, beginning in the 1200s, were used in the private devotional practices of the laity. They had several components, including a calendar, the four Gospel Lessons, the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Cross and Holy Spirit, special prayers to the Virgin and saints, and the Office of the Dead. Some Books of Hours were special commissions, created by artists attached to royal courts; others were standardized “stock” that were ordered and then personalized for individual patrons.
This leaf is the first page of the Hours of the Cross, which traditionally opens with an illuminated initial letter, an illustration of the Crucifixion, and the accompanying prayer: “Lord, open Thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth Thy Praise.”
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Provenance
Harwood Dryer, Rochester NY (1896-1992); purchased from him by Emily Sibley Watson, Rochester NY (1855-1945); her gift to the Gallery in 1937
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Medieval Faire 3/1/1974 - 3/21/1974
- Combinations: Lines of Time Memorial Art Gallery 1/13/1979 - 3/4/1979
- Pages from the Medieval Past The Picker Art Gallery 3/25/1987 - 5/31/1987
- Medieval Messages Memorial Art Gallery 3/31/1998 - 5/31/1998
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
- Connoisseurs Around the Corner: Gifts of Art from MAG’s Founding Family Memorial Art Gallery 9/6/2013 - 1/19/2014
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013