Holding institution title: The Black Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: New York, NY
URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/110803
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Digitized
Date: 1455-1505
Language(s): Latin
Use: Rome
Country of production: Belgium
City or region of production: Bruges
Illumination contents: Crucifixion, Pentecost, Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Massacre of the Innocents, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, King David praying, Raising of Lazarus, Office of the Dead
Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Mass of the Virgin, Creed, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Office of the Dead
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization:
Scribe: Unknown
Illuminator: A follower of Guillaume Vrelant influenced by Philippe de Mazerolles and Liévin van Lathem (fols. 13v-14)
Patron:
Materials: Silver and gold lettering on vellum stained black
Binding original?: No
Binding description: 19th-century tan pigskin stamped with interlocking Y’s in the four corners of the central panel; oxydized silver clasps with double Y hinges; bound for Nicolas Yemeniz by Trautz-Bauzonnet (Georges Trautz); lettered: Officium B. Mariae Virginis; in brown half-morocco case.
Folio height (in centimeters): 17
Folio width (in centimeters): 12.2
