Holding institution title: Book of Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: Los Angeles, CA
URL: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1556/spitz-master-master-of-sir-john-fastolf-book-of-hours-french-about-1420/
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Partially digitized
Date: 1395 – 1445
Language(s): Latin
Use:
Country of production: France
City or region of production: Paris
Illumination contents: Entry into Jerusalem, Four Evangelists, Christ Carrying the Cross, Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned, St. Christopher, St. Catherine, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, Virgin Mary and Christ Child in an enclosed garden in initial S, King David praying, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Betrayal of Christ, Flagellation of Christ, Celestial Virgin and Child, Descent from the Cross, Pentecost, Office of the Dead
Text contents: Calendar, Passion according to John, Prayers on Christ’s Passion, Gospel Lection from John, Prayer to the Virgin, Suffrage to St. Christopher, Suffrage to St. Catherine, Suffrage to St. Sebastian, Suffrage to St. Anthony Abbot, Prayer granting Indulgence, Hours of the Virgin, Antiphon to the Virgin for Saturday, Penitential Psalms, Prayer to God the Father, Prayer to Christ, Suffrage to Christ’s Passion, Prayer in Reverence to Christ’s Wounds, Prayer to the Virgin, Verses of St. Bernard, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization:
Scribe: Unknown
Illuminator: Spitz Master (French, active about 1415-1425) and Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420-about 1450)
Patron:
Materials: Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment
Binding original?: Unknown
Binding description: Bound between pasteboard covered with red silk velvet
Folio height (in centimeters): 20.5
Folio width (in centimeters): 15.9
