Tomasino da Vimercate - Libro delle Ore del Maestro di Modena - 2008

Book of Hours of Modena (Master of Modena Hours, Book of Hours of the Master of Modena, Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis). Modena, Estense University Library (Ms. Lat. 842 = alfa.R.7.3). Facsimile reproduction of a Lombard-made Book of Hours dated 1390, with 28 full-page miniatures, 15 fully framed with vegetal motif borders, 10 decorated initials with large borders, 522 gilded initials, over 2500 miniated initials, including 1350 gilded and 300 with gold leaf at the line ends. Bound in red silk embroidered on covers and spine with gold, silver, and colored silk threads; at the center of the front cover is the face of the Virgin Mary, while the back cover bears the owner's coat of arms. Size 15x21 cm. 544 pages (272 sheets). An Italian commentary of 128 pages with essays and studies. Limited and numbered edition of 499 copies. Excellent condition.