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Creator: New York (Ecclesiastical Province) 4th, 1883. Date: 1886 Contributing Institution: Catholic Theological Union Paul Bechtold Library View Full Item at Catholic Theological Union Paul Bechtold Library -
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Date: 1280? Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: Italian Gothic approaches to page design are readily distinguishable from the French. Where the Parisian Bible seeks an integration of text and decoration (Cat. 2), the Italian master blocks out his initials. Marginal grotesques and foliage meander along the borders with less regard for balancing... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library -
Date: 1350~ Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: This manuscript contains a series of homilies on the Gospels arranged by feast days. At the end of the work someone has added notes, along with the following inscription in Latin: This book is for the use of Brother Gabriel de Vultis (or Vultris) which he purchased from Brother Gabriel de Pichoti... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library -
Date: Before 1520 Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: The many Books of Hours printed by Phillipe Pigouchet (fl 1488-1518), Thielman Kerver, Antoine Vérard (fl 1485-1514) and others represent the highest artistic development of the printed lay prayer book. Medieval in conception, characteristically every page of the Hours had a full border, often ma... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library -
Date: 1475~ Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: Of the various centers of illumination in northern France during the late fifteenth century, Rouen was undoubtedly the most productive source for lavishly decorated Books of Hours. Large numbers of these manuscripts betray a homogeneous but elegant standard of production less inclined to original... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library -
Date: 1475~ Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: This exquisite little Book of Hours is a fine example of illumination as practiced at the heart of the Italian Renaissance. The Italian approach to the figure and composition is restrained and elegant, less vigorous and diffuse than Flemish naturalism of the same period. The borders are bold and ... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library -
Date: 1420/1425 Contributing Institution: Mount Angel Abbey Library Description: The strength of Parisian influence during the late 14th and early 15th centuries drew talented illuminators from many outlying regions. The influx of masters from the north, especially Flanders, helped bring about distinctive changes in French style — the mixture of Gothic elegance with emerging ... View Full Item at Mount Angel Abbey Library