BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bruges, c.1460s]. A charming, pocket-size Book of Hours by the Master of the Lee Hours, one of the artists responsible for the illumination of Philip the Good’s Histoire d’Alexandre (Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 9342) 115 x 83mm. i + 237 + i leaves, complete, 15 lines, ruled space: 64 x 44mm. Thirteen full-page miniatures within full-page borders with facing text pages within full-page borders, illuminated and penwork initials throughout. 18th-century calf gilt. Provenance : The presence of Sts Amand, Walberga and Donatian in the calendar indicates a Flemish origin – LeFrançois de Camp-Rose: 18th-century inscription on f.i verso – Clarence Samuel Coe: his cheque for $500 of 29 May 1973 to M. Fleury of the Librairie François I, Paris, with accompanying letter from M. Fleury. Content: Calendar ff.1-12v; Hours of the Cross ff.13v-20v; Mass of the Virgin ff.21v-33v; Office of the Virgin ff.34v-102v; Saturday Hours of the Virgin ff.103v-112v; Seven Penitential Psalms, Litany and collects ff.113v-135v; Office of the Dead, use of Rome ff.136v-180v; Gospel extracts 181-237v. The subjects of the large miniatures are: Crucifixion f.13v; Virgin and Child f.21v; Annunciation f.34v; Visitation f.54v; Nativity f.67v; Annunciation to the Shepherds f.72v; Adoration of the Magi f.78v; Presentation in the Temple f.83v; Massacre of the Innocents f.88v; Flight into Egypt f.97v; Dormition of the Virgin f.103v; Last Judgement f.113v; Funeral Mass f.136v. The miniatures are by the Master of the Lee Hours, an illuminator whose style grows out of that of the artist formerly known as Hand K of the Turin-Milan Hours. The miniatures here feature charming figures with doll-like faces reminiscent of the work of the Master of the Beady Eyes, decorative, formulaic backgrounds with chequered floors, silvered windows, textile hangings, or simple landscapes with cottonball trees, and reveal a debt to the Masters of the Gold Scrolls who dominated manuscript illumination in Bruges from the 1410s to the 1450s. 19 manuscripts have been ascribed to the Master of the Lee Hours to date. We are grateful to Gregory Clark for his help in identifying the artist.
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bruges, c.1460s]. A charming, pocket-size Book of Hours by the Master of the Lee Hours, one of the artists responsible for the illumination of Philip the Good’s Histoire d’Alexandre (Paris, BnF, ms. fr. 9342) 115 x 83mm. i + 237 + i leaves, complete, 15 lines, ruled space: 64 x 44mm. Thirteen full-page miniatures within full-page borders with facing text pages within full-page borders, illuminated and penwork initials throughout. 18th-century calf gilt. Provenance : The presence of Sts Amand, Walberga and Donatian in the calendar indicates a Flemish origin – LeFrançois de Camp-Rose: 18th-century inscription on f.i verso – Clarence Samuel Coe: his cheque for $500 of 29 May 1973 to M. Fleury of the Librairie François I, Paris, with accompanying letter from M. Fleury. Content: Calendar ff.1-12v; Hours of the Cross ff.13v-20v; Mass of the Virgin ff.21v-33v; Office of the Virgin ff.34v-102v; Saturday Hours of the Virgin ff.103v-112v; Seven Penitential Psalms, Litany and collects ff.113v-135v; Office of the Dead, use of Rome ff.136v-180v; Gospel extracts 181-237v. The subjects of the large miniatures are: Crucifixion f.13v; Virgin and Child f.21v; Annunciation f.34v; Visitation f.54v; Nativity f.67v; Annunciation to the Shepherds f.72v; Adoration of the Magi f.78v; Presentation in the Temple f.83v; Massacre of the Innocents f.88v; Flight into Egypt f.97v; Dormition of the Virgin f.103v; Last Judgement f.113v; Funeral Mass f.136v. The miniatures are by the Master of the Lee Hours, an illuminator whose style grows out of that of the artist formerly known as Hand K of the Turin-Milan Hours. The miniatures here feature charming figures with doll-like faces reminiscent of the work of the Master of the Beady Eyes, decorative, formulaic backgrounds with chequered floors, silvered windows, textile hangings, or simple landscapes with cottonball trees, and reveal a debt to the Masters of the Gold Scrolls who dominated manuscript illumination in Bruges from the 1410s to the 1450s. 19 manuscripts have been ascribed to the Master of the Lee Hours to date. We are grateful to Gregory Clark for his help in identifying the artist.
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