Book of Hours (use of Rome)
In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment
Northern France, likely Paris, c. 1495-1500
13 large and 16 small miniatures attributed to the Master of Jean d’Albret perhaps with the Master of the Paris Entries
f. 41, Annunciation to the Sheperds
 
This is a classic Book of Hours typical of the Paris book trade. It is illustrated with a full cycle of miniatures made by a Parisian painter responsible for both manuscripts and printed books. Our artist—or his team of decorators—also shows a flair for margins of unusual variety and inventiveness, some with hearts, losenges, and geometric formations, often with grotesques. The miniatures themselves display the artist’s familiarity with mainstream painting of the period, and the script is more literary than liturgical with attractive blue rubrics.
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