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Book of Hours of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Characteristics
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© Biblioteca Nacional de España, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ms. Vit 25-5, 78 B 13. 15th C.
Language:
Latin.
Illustrations:
87 large-format miniature scenes and 583 with quarter-page motifs depicting vegetation, animals and insects.
Extent:
650 parchment pages, illuminated in gold and silver by the most celebrated Flemish painters of the age.
Format:
13,1 x 9,2 cm.
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The Most Important Book of Hours of the Biblioteca Nacional de España and one of the Most Beautiful in the World
• The fine facsimile edition rebuilds the codex as it originally was, bringing together the totality of its folios, currently found in the collections of the National Library of Spain (Madrid), the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA).
• Ghent. 1475. 650 parchment pages, every single page is illustrated and illuminated with gold and silver by Flemish painters of high renown. Hugo Van der Goes- the Master of the Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy -, the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, Lieven van Lathem, Nicolas Spierinc and Simon Marmion produced amazing masterpieces of trompe-l’oeil in its ornamental borders, the lavish decoration, and the numerous high-level iconographic resources, making of this Book of Hours a precursor work and one of the most significant works of art of the end of the Middle Ages.
• This codex, also known as Voustre Demeure, originally belonged to Margaret of York, sister of King Edward IV of England, and wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. They became the parents of Marie of Burgundy and grandparents of Margaret of Austria and Philip the Fair. Charles the Bold was thus the great-grandfather of Charles I of Spain (Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire). It would appear the codex was presented as a gift to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain by the Emperor Maximilian, Marie of Burgundy’s widowed husband, on the occasion of the double marriage of their children, Margaret and Philip, to the Spanish rulers’ offspring, John and Joan.
• Unique edition of 999 numbered copies with notarized certificate of authenticity.
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Customer and expert reviews
Teresa Mezquita
El más importante Libro de Horas de la Biblioteca Nacional de España y uno de los más maravillosos del mundo. Teresa Mezquita Directora del Departamento de Fondos Antiguos Biblioteca Nacional de España
Jaime O.
El motivo de estas líneas no es otro que expresarte la enorme satisfacción y emoción que he experimentado al tener entre mis manos el “Voustre Demeure” y darte la enhorabuena por un trabajo tan minuciosamente pensado y tan bien culminado. He tenido, como ya sabes, la fortuna de poder disfrutar del original y sé que has logrado ese “Arte de la Perfección” del que algunos presumen pero no alcanzan. Siempre he pensado que el acierto en la realización de un facsímil estriba en “dejar hablar” y en “saber escuchar” al manuscrito original y en esta obra te has dejado guiar por estas premisas. Te aseguro que tendrá un lugar destacado en mi biblioteca.
James H. Marrow
I look forward to receiving the facsimile edition of the Voustre Demeure Hours. Congratulations on publishing this important book! Professor Emeritus of Art History, Princeton University, and Honorary Keeper of Illuminated Manuscripts, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Dr. Holm Bevers
We have received the facsimile edition of the manuscript 78 B 13, Voustre Demeure, and the quality is really fine. We appreciate your work. Dr. Holm Bevers Chief curator for Dutch and Flemish prints and drawings Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
