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Black Hours, Hispanic Society, New York, c 1458. Black books of hours are a type of luxury Flemish illuminated manuscript books of hours using pages of vellum that were soaked with black dye or ink before they were lettered or illustrated, for an unusual and dramatic effect. The text is usually written with gold or silver ink.
The Black Hours, MS M.493 (or the Morgan Black Hours) is an illuminated book of hours completed in Bruges between 1460 and 1475. [1] It consists of 121 pages (leaves) with Latin text written in Gothic minuscule script.
The book is an illuminated manuscript on black vellum, consisting of 152 folios, each measuring about 14.7 x 10.1 cm. [1] The text is a version of the usual book of hours text, formally the Horae Beatae Marie Secundum usum curie romane (Hours of the Blessed Mary Following the Use of Rome).
The book used to be the property of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the fifth Duke of Milan. It was produced in Bruges, Flanders, probably between 1466 and 1477. Its name derives from its black borders and dark colour scheme, also found in the New York Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, and of a type favoured by the Burgundian court.
Each book was unique in its content though all included the Hours of the Virgin Mary, devotions to be made during the eight canonical hours of the day, the reasoning behind the name 'Book of Hours'. [10] van Reynegom Book of Hours, c. 15th century, collection Royal Library of Belgium & King Baudouin Foundation. Many books of hours were made for ...
Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza; Black Hours, Morgan MS 493; ... Book of Hours (Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod. 470) Munich-Montserrat Book of Hours; N.
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Black Hours may refer to: Black books of hours, a fifteenth century style of illuminated manuscript with black pages Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, an illuminated ...