This book of hours is patterned after the liturgical format of the
Parisian 'Horae'. It differs, however, in its richer, yet
qualitatively narrower range of illustrations: each of the Gospel
selections is accompanied by a portrait of its author, and the
Marian Office by a complete cycle illustrating the childhood of
Jesus. The artist's indirect reception of the originals by the well
known Paris illuminator, via a series of intermediate steps,
displays numerous misunderstandings or intentional revisions. To
the modern eye, accustomed to modern aesthetic norms, the shallow
fields, bold juxtaposition of colors, and extremely foreshortened
perspective used in these illustrations come across as expressive
and inventive. The commissioner of the work is unknown.
Place
Preferred form
France, Northern
Original form
Northern France (Paris?)
Other form
Nord de la France
Nord de la France (?) (Fichier Avril)
Nord de la France (?)
France (Nord).
France (Nord)
France (Nord) (?)
France (nord)
France (Nord : voir Faral, Bastin, Œuvres complètes de Rutebeuf, p. 26-27).
France (Nord de la France ?)
Nordfrankreich
Northern France
França (nord)
Francia (norte)
Frankrijk (noorden)
Laon
France (nord : Laon ?)
França (nord: Laon?)
Nordfrankreich (Laon?)
Northern France (Laon?)
Francia (norte: Laon?)
France, North, Chelles (nunnery) or Jouarre (nunnery) (?)
