A Masterpiece of Early 16th-Century Illumination

Published on 14 October 2022, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 18 October 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 22, rue du Docteur-Roux - 65000 Tarbes

The subject of a study in 1999, this Book of Hours dating from around 1500, containing 17 paintings of considerable quality, was probably written in a Paris workshop.

Paris, c. 1500-1510, Book of Hours for the Rite of Paris, manuscript on parchment,... A Masterpiece of Early 16th-Century Illumination

Paris, c. 1500-1510, Book of Hours for the Rite of Paris, manuscript on parchment, octavo, burgundy morocco, 130 of 134 pages (12.5 x 20.1 cm/4.9 x 7.9 in), containing 17 large paintings with illuminations and historiated lettering.
Estimate: €25,000/35,000

Well-known to specialists, this work, bought by its owner in the Gers, in Southwestern France, from a second-hand shop in the 1980s, was the subject of an in-depth study in 1999 by Sophie Thiallier for her master's thesis at the University of Pau. It was written by three hands, which was common…

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