Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425)
c. 1404
Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates
Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French)
Medieval Art
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425), c. 1404. Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1964.40 Creating a book of hours was an arduous and costly process. These books were made from vellum, animal skins that were laboriously prepared in a multistep process. The texts were written with a quill pen and the illustrations were hand painted using water-based pigments. Gold was added for a look of great luxury. Such a book would take years to create, making these valuable objects unique. King Charles the Noble likely used this book of hours at his royal castle of Olite in Navarra in northern Spain.
- Maker/Artist
- Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates
- Classification
- Bound Volume
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Codex: 20.3 x 15.7 x 7 cm (8 x 6 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.40
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination, Year in Review (1964), Treasures of Medieval France, When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, Images of the Mind, Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection, Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI, Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419), Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection, Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders, Manuscripts et Livres Précieux Retrouvés en Allemagne, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, (1949).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
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