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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
In Latin and French, illuminated on parchment
Paris, Gillet Hardouyn [c. 1515; almanac from 1515-1530]
22 large metalcuts after designs by Jean Pichore and 29 small metalcuts after designs by the Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany |
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This rare imprint resembles so closely a manuscript not only because its woodcuts are heavily over painted by hand and are accompanied by added gold architectonic frames, but also because the style of the painter resembles artists active in the enterprising workshop of Jean Pichore. The Renaissance woodcuts from two different series designed by Pichore between c. 1505 and 1510 demonstrate the shift in Parisian book design after 1500 away from the Gothic characteristics of the Master of Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany, whose models still underlie the small cuts. |
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