Leaf from a Benedictine "Book of Hours"
Dublin Core
Title
Leaf from a Benedictine "Book of Hours"
Creator
Unknown
Date
1430
Identifier
CAP-0106
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Building
Adams Library
Room
Special Collections
Occupant
Marlene Lopes
Donor Name
Martha Bacon - Ronald Ballinger
Donation Date
1981
Identifying Remarks
Minature of St. Mark (?) writing Gospel. Angel holding scroll, dictating. Rare use of silve on scroll. Interest in Linear Perspective. Italian velvet wild flowers quite evident. Peacock walking on grassy lawn an indication of the Realism Movement just starting that time in France. Portrait of St. Mathew also realistic. Border slightly blurred. Angel's face of white lead, pealed slightly, but rest of miniature in unusually fine condition and brilliant. Strawberries are the emblem of the Benedictine order on reverse side of sheet. Leaf obtained in England in 1922.
Condition
Image & text also on back of image (see photographs in folder CAP-0106)
Date Photographed
2015-01-07
Medium
Illuminated manuscript
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Leaf from a Benedictine "Book of Hours",” Campus Art Inventory, accessed July 26, 2025, https://ricspecialcollections.org/artdatabase/items/show/637.