Walters Ms. W.443.A-F, Six Miniatures from a Book of Hours Book of Hours cuttings Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Huber, Terra Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 These six full-page miniatures were originally part of a Book of Hours created in Bruges ca. 1480-90. It is unknown at what point the images were excised from the book, but at least four of them were mounted and framed ca. 1900 by the Parisian bookdealer and binder Léon Gruel. Although the book they were part of has not been identified, and may be lost, Roger Wieck has suggested a stylistic relationship between these miniatures and works by the Master of Edward IV, an artist working in Bruges ca. 1470-90. For another example of work by this artist and his circle, see Walters manuscript W.435. As there is no text remaining with the images, their original positions within the text of the manuscript they once illuminated are conjectural, and the text identifiers included here are those proposed by Lilian Randall in her catalog. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.443.A-F No linguistic content; Not applicable W.443.A - W.443.F Book of Hours cuttings

Quality uncertain as are attached to backing

 Foliation: Six single miniatures cut from manuscript0.0 0.0 Sizes vary slightly; images with/without frames are as follows: W.443.A-C, E: 17.8 x 23.3/6.9 x 11.7 cm; W.443.D: 11 x 15.8/6.9 x 12 cm; W.443.F: 13.7 x 17.3/69. x 11.3 cm Six full-page miniatures cut from a Book of Hours, originating from the Hours of the Cross, the Hours of the Holy Spirit, and the Hours of the Virgin; the original textual relationships between the manuscript and the images, which are recorded here within the image cataloging, are conjectural, and are based on suppositions put forth by Lilian Randall in her catalog Crucifixion Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature Pentecost Hours of the Holy Spirit Full-page miniature Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Annunciation to the shepherds and a shepherdess Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers or Compline Full-page miniature Coronation of the Virgin before the Trinity Hours of the Virgin: Compline or Advent Mass of the Virgin Full-page miniature

Mounted on silk-covered card, with modern painted gold paper borders, in modern gilded frames; A, B, C, and E at least framed as a group ca. 1900 by Léon Gruel, Paris; framing of D and F possibly done separately

 Ca. 1480-90 CE Bruges Originally part of a Book of Hours created in Bruges ca. 1480-90 in the style of the Master of Edward IV Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, ca. 1900; their bookplates on backs of frames inscribed with "145/147/148/144" for W.443.A-C and E; W.443.D inscribed "2423" and "L.85-86," with note "ex. L. Gruel"; W.443.E also inscribed "2427 1/2x," "L./94.," and "vol. 12"; W.443.F re-backed but had previously carried inscription "[M134]s" (see note in file) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Léon Gruel on June 9, 1903 (invoice in Walters archives) Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 808, cat. no. 323. Bowles, Edmund A. "A Checklist of Musical Instruments in Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts at the Walters Art Gallery." Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, 32/4 (1976): 719-726, p. 722. Wieck, Roger S. "Masters and Manuscripts or How to Distinguish One Illuminator from Another". 42 No.4. The Walters. 04/1989:2-4. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Part 2, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 436-438, cat. no. 282. Kren, Thomas and Maryan W. Ainsworth. “Illuminators and Painters: Artistic Exchanges and Interelationships.” In Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. Edited by Thomas Kren and Scot McKendrick, 39-58. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003; pp. 50-51. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book of Hours Christian Flemish Illumination Manuscript Miniature Painting Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion