Coronation of the Virgin (recto)
Illuminated manuscript text (verso)
Maker
Workshop of
(Artists)
active ca. 1390-1430 (Life dates)
(Artists)
active ca. 1390-1430 (Life dates)
Title
Coronation of the Virgin (recto)
Illuminated manuscript text (verso)
Illuminated manuscript text (verso)
Date of Production
c. 1415-1420
Medium
tempera, gold paint and gold leaf on parchment
Dimensions
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm
Accession Number
D.1966.GP.31.1
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Gambier-Parry Bequest 1966
Literature
Kathleen Morand, 'Pages from a Book of Hours illuminated in the Parisian workshop of the Boucicaut Master', The Burlington Magazine, 109, 768, March 1967, pp. 174-75, 177
p. 174
p. 174
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto, with illuminated gold-leaf initials 'C' and 'E': gold ink: Converte nos / deus saluta / ris noster. / Et averte iram tuam
Continuing on verso, with illuminated initials 'B' and 'D', the last line written after several blank ruled lines in blue ink: aut johannis apostoli tui et / evangeliste illuminata / doctrinis ad dona [sic, for 'bona'] p[er]veni / at sempiterna. Per xpm [Christum] / dominum nostrum. am[en]. / Benedicamus domino / Deo gratias. / Ad complectorum.
Verso: lower right, brown ink: R / I.
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