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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 67r, Opening of None, Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple

c. 1470

Master of the Geneva Latini

(French, active Rouen, 1460–80)
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Culture
France, Rouen
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Measurements
Codex: 19.5 x 13.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Feiss family in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Feiss 1952.227.67.a
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Location
113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts
Print

Description

In the late 1400s and early 1500s Rouen was an established and important center of book production. The city’s cathedral had a wealthy chapter that spent large sums of money to commission books and to maintain its extensive library. The stationers and booksellers would have likely been concentrated in or near the cathedral precinct. This artist, named after a manuscript now in Geneva, was Rouen’s principal illuminator during the second half of the 1400s.
A vertically oriented illuminated manuscript page depicts the Presentation of Christ within an arched frame. Mary, in blue, holds the nude baby toward a haloed priest. Figures with light skin tones stand in a vaulted interior. Below, Latin script is framed by a gold border with blue foliage, red flowers, and a peacock. A snail rests at the bottom. This composition blends sacred narrative with elaborate, gilded marginalia featuring scrolling blue vines.

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 67r, Opening of None, Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple

c. 1470

Master of the Geneva Latini

(French, active Rouen, 1460–80)
France, Rouen

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