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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 81v

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 1952.227.81.b
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Location
113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts(not visible)
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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 vertical vellum page features a central block of black Latin script. To the left, a dense foliate border is composed of swirling blue vines, gold leaf, and small red flowers. Five illuminated initials in blue, red, and gold are vertically aligned. The largest initial at the top is filled with intricate gold patterns. Two horizontal bars with geometric red and blue designs are interspersed within the text, all encased within red outlines.

Book of Hours (Use of Rouen): fol. 81v

c. 1470

Master of the Geneva Latini

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

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