Adoration of the Magi (recto)
Illuminated manuscript text (verso)
Maker
Workshop of
(Artists)
active ca. 1390-1430 (Life dates)
(Artists)
active ca. 1390-1430 (Life dates)
Title
Adoration of the Magi (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: 16.9 cm
Width: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm
Accession Number
D.1966.GP.31.8
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 large illuminated initial 'D' and smaller illuminated initial 'D', gold ink: Deus in adiuto / rum meum / intende / Domine ad adiuvan.
Continued on verso, with illuminated initials 'D', 'S', 'U' and 'M': dum me festina / Gloria patri et filio et spi / ritu sancto / Sicut erat in principio / et nunc et semper et in se / cula seculorum amen. / Ueni creator spiritus / mentes tuorum / visita. imple superna gra / tia. que tu creasti pectora. / Memento salutis auc / tor q[uod] nostri condom [sic for 'quondam'] corpo / ris ex illibata virgine na.
Recto: lower left margin, graphite: E.
Verso: right centre margin, brown ink: 5.
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