Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
Scope and Contents
The miniature depicts St Luke writing in his study, the walls of which are enriched with coloured marble and Renaissance decoration. The bull, his symbol, appears in the lower right-hand corner. The miniature is in a gold frame, the outer edge of which has been trimmed. Written in red capitals across the bottom of the frame is the text '[I]n illo tempore missus est Angelus Gabri[el]'. The verso contains Luke 1, 26-34 in eighteen lines of littera bastarda. Its left-hand margin has a border showing a bee on a spray of flowers with blue and purple leaves on a gold ground.
Dates
- Creation: [Circa 1500.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Leaves ; 228 x 150 mm.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
1 folio.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1956, by W L Wood, Chandlers Cross.
Separated Materials
The leaf was part of a Book of Hours, other fragments of which are now in the British Library and Magdalene College, Cambridge (see Janet Backhouse, "Bourdichon's Hours of Henry VII").
Bibliography
Physical Description
Vellum.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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