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07 December 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Two Books of Hours illustrate the luxury and refinement of these devotional guides, which marked the days of their wealthy owners. They were based on the prayer books used by monks.
Book of Hours for use in Paris, "HJ" or "JH" with a mystical pelican, in Latin, illuminated on parchment with 21 large and 40 small miniatures attributable to the Masters of Jean d'Albret, the Scandalous Chronicle and the Triumphs of Petrarch, 211 leaves (11 x 16.2 cm/4.33 x 6.38 in), Paris, c. 1490-1500. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Book of Hours for use in Paris, "HJ" or "JH" with a mystical pelican, in Latin, illuminated on parchment with 21 large and 40 small miniatures attributable to the Masters of Jean d'Albret, the Scandalous Chronicle and the Triumphs of Petrarch, 211 leaves (11 x 16.2 cm/4.33 x 6.38 in), Paris, c. 1490-1500. Estimate: €250,000/300,000
Books of Hours for liturgical use in Auvergne are poorly known compared to those made for Rome and Paris, the two major cities of liturgical uses. That is why an illuminated manuscript from c. 1450-1460 for use in Clermont-Ferrand, whose liturgical calendar tells the stories of…
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