Scriptorium fiammingo - Imago Editore - Libro d'Ore dell'Imperatore Carlo V (anno 1450): edizione facsimile - 2019
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Imago Editore presents Imago Editore - Libro d'Ore dell'Imperatore Carlo V (anno 1450): edizione facsimile, authored by Scriptorium fiammingo, Latin original, 334 pages, 17 × 11.5 cm, published by Imago as a numbered, limited edition in ottime condition with a custodia.
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Book of Hours of Emperor Charles V - Latin 22 = alfa K. 7. 2
Modena, Estense University Library
Copy number: 218
334 pages, of which 14 with full-page miniatures and 320 richly illuminated with natural, vegetal and animal motifs.
Leather binding and cover handcrafted.
Hand stitching on cords.
Inlaid on antique parchment.
Cut with gold leaf.
The miniatures are attributed to an artist probably trained within the circle of the Frenchman Jean Bourdichon.
Intended for personal devotion, the Book of Hours accompanied prayer at the different moments of the day. In the most refined copies, like this one, the spiritual dimension merged with the prestige of the patronage: images, colors and decorations transformed the book into an intimate and precious object, to be kept and handed down.
The designation “Book of Hours of Emperor Charles V” recalls dynastic clues present in the manuscript. The sigla A.E.I.O.U., motto of the House of Austria introduced by Frederick III, and the initials P.K., interpreted as a possible reference to Philip the Handsome and his son Charles V, appear. The manuscript thus evokes the memory of the Habsburg dynasty and the symbolic value that even a prayer book could assume in royal families.
Its journey leads to Ferrara under the Este. In 1565 Barbara of Austria, daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and granddaughter of Charles V, married Alfonso II d’Este, bringing the manuscript to the Ferrarese court as a dowry good. The volume thus became part of the meeting between two great European dynasties, preserving within its pages a memory of devotion and family belonging.
Delicate colorings, gilded ornaments and vegetal and animal motifs convey the charm of a book in which devotion and beauty coexist.
An object to contemplate in its details, which allows us to approach the history of European courts through the private dimension of prayer and the splendor of the miniature.
Complete copy with case and commentary
Published by Imago - The Nobility of the Facsimile
Book of Hours of Emperor Charles V - Latin 22 = alfa K. 7. 2
Modena, Estense University Library
Copy number: 218
334 pages, of which 14 with full-page miniatures and 320 richly illuminated with natural, vegetal and animal motifs.
Leather binding and cover handcrafted.
Hand stitching on cords.
Inlaid on antique parchment.
Cut with gold leaf.
The miniatures are attributed to an artist probably trained within the circle of the Frenchman Jean Bourdichon.
Intended for personal devotion, the Book of Hours accompanied prayer at the different moments of the day. In the most refined copies, like this one, the spiritual dimension merged with the prestige of the patronage: images, colors and decorations transformed the book into an intimate and precious object, to be kept and handed down.
The designation “Book of Hours of Emperor Charles V” recalls dynastic clues present in the manuscript. The sigla A.E.I.O.U., motto of the House of Austria introduced by Frederick III, and the initials P.K., interpreted as a possible reference to Philip the Handsome and his son Charles V, appear. The manuscript thus evokes the memory of the Habsburg dynasty and the symbolic value that even a prayer book could assume in royal families.
Its journey leads to Ferrara under the Este. In 1565 Barbara of Austria, daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and granddaughter of Charles V, married Alfonso II d’Este, bringing the manuscript to the Ferrarese court as a dowry good. The volume thus became part of the meeting between two great European dynasties, preserving within its pages a memory of devotion and family belonging.
Delicate colorings, gilded ornaments and vegetal and animal motifs convey the charm of a book in which devotion and beauty coexist.
An object to contemplate in its details, which allows us to approach the history of European courts through the private dimension of prayer and the splendor of the miniature.
Complete copy with case and commentary
Published by Imago - The Nobility of the Facsimile
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Fine Bindings, Illustrated, Religion
Book title
Imago Editore - Libro d'Ore dell'Imperatore Carlo V (anno 1450): edizione facsimile
Author/ Illustrator
Scriptorium fiammingo
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
2019
Height
17 cm
Edition
Limited edition, Numbered edition
Width
11.5 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Imago
Extras
Slipcase
Number of pages
334
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