note (text)
This miniature marks the beginning of Lauds of the Hours of the Virgin. The illuminator Guillaume Hugueniot, active in Langres from 1460-1475, was only recently identified by art historians. Other leaves in the collection, Lewis E M 9:7, 8a, and 10, are from the same manuscript.
Visitation
This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a miniature from a book of hours.
This leaf has been dated to ca. 1465.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
147
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
103
note (deco)
1 half-page, arched miniature with full foliate border1 4-line illuminated initial, 1 2-line illuminated initial, several 1-line illuminated initials, and illuminated line endings
note (history)
From same manuscript as Lewis E M 9:7, 8A, 10. Initials G (or Q?)) and Y, tied by a love knot, appear in border decoration.
provenance
John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia
