Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Zürich, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 1314, f. 77r
Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Manuscript summary: Small book of hours in Latin, very much cut, containing the Seven Psalms, the Cursus beate virginis Marie, the Office of the Dead, the Cursus de passione Domini and various prayers. The decoration consists of various initials with lwine scrolls and one full page miniature (5v) - unfortunately partially damaged - which depicts an Ecce homo with the donor kneeling in front of it with his coat of arms to his right. Mention of the indulgence of Popes Gregory and Callixtus III (1455-1458) (f. 139) makes it possible to narrow the date to the second half of the 15th century, while the style of the book decoration suggests an origin in Southern Germany, perhaps in Augsburg, in the circle of the book illustrator Johannes Bämler.
Origin: Southern Germany (Augsburg?)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Zürich, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 1314: Book of Hours (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/snm/LM001314).
Zürich, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 1314, f. 77r
Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Manuscript summary: Small book of hours in Latin, very much cut, containing the Seven Psalms, the Cursus beate virginis Marie, the Office of the Dead, the Cursus de passione Domini and various prayers. The decoration consists of various initials with lwine scrolls and one full page miniature (5v) - unfortunately partially damaged - which depicts an Ecce homo with the donor kneeling in front of it with his coat of arms to his right. Mention of the indulgence of Popes Gregory and Callixtus III (1455-1458) (f. 139) makes it possible to narrow the date to the second half of the 15th century, while the style of the book decoration suggests an origin in Southern Germany, perhaps in Augsburg, in the circle of the book illustrator Johannes Bämler.
Origin: Southern Germany (Augsburg?)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Zürich, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 1314: Book of Hours (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/snm/LM001314).