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Title

  • Loftie Hours.

Summary

  • This mid-15th-century illuminated book of hours is written entirely in Dutch on fine parchment and is remarkable for its 18 grisaille miniatures. This technique, wherein the figures are modeled primarily in a gray wash, became a favorite in the Netherlands. The hand behind the miniatures in this manuscript has been identified with one of a group of artists known as the Masters of the Delft Grisailles. The manuscript has been grouped with more than a dozen related works, including New York, Morgan Library Ms. M.349; London, Victoria and Albert, George Reid Ms. 32; Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, Collectie Bibliotheca Publica Latina, BPL Ms. 224; Brussels, Bibliothèque Royal, BR Ms. 21696; Antwerp, Plantin Moretus, Ms. 49; and The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB Ms. 74 G 35. The manuscript is comprised of 152 folios and is almost completely intact, lacking only two miniatures. It retains its original brown-leather binding decorated with mythological beasts and a now-illegible inscription. The calendar is for the use of Utrecht, which helps localize its original ownership, as might a mostly erased ownership inscription that has been partially recovered. Good impressions of two circular pilgrim badges, now removed, are visible on folio 112 verso. The work is known as the Loftie Hours, after a previous owner, the Reverend W. J. Loftie (1839-1911).

Names

  • Masters of the Delft Grisailles Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1450.

Headings

  • -  Netherlands
  • -  1450
  • -  Bible. New Testament
  • -  Books of hours
  • -  Calendars
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Liturgies
  • -  Miniatures (Illuminations)
  • -  Prayers
  • -  Saints

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Walters Ms. W.165"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 152 folios : parchment ; 9.5 x 14.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Dutch.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667940

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Masters Of The Delft Grisailles Creator. Loftie Hours. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1450] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667940/.

APA citation style:

Masters Of The Delft Grisailles Creator. (1450) Loftie Hours. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667940/.

MLA citation style:

Masters Of The Delft Grisailles Creator. Loftie Hours. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1450] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667940/>.