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This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation.
As Millard Meiss points out in his Introduction: "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." And, in his explorations, the Rohan Master disclosed a way of viewing and visually depicting reality (replete with familiar biblical figures, saints, angels, devils) and the emotions of simple men and women - suffering, elation, fear, melancholy, and hope - in a manner that is both original and powerfully moving.
From the first folio of this remarkable and often startling manuscript to the final plate, the entire range of human emotions is compassionately but uncompromisingly explored. Named after the Rohan family, whose arms appear in this manuscript, this distinctive artist earned himself a place as one of the greatest manuscript illuminators of the early Renaissance.
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Thomas, The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.
Millard Meiss (1904-1975) est l un des grands representants de l ecole d histoire de l art americaine influencee par Panofsky. Ses travaux ont porte sur l art italien du Trecento et du Quattrocento, avant qu il ne se consacre totalement a l etude de la miniature francaise.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours, introduction by Millard Meiss, introduction and commentaries by Marcel Thomas, red cloth with gilt hardcover in original slipcase. published by George Braziller Inc., 1973. This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation. As Millard Meiss points out in his "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." And, in his explorations, the Rohan Master disclosed a way of viewing and visually depicting reality (replete with familiar biblical figures, saints, angels, devils) and the emotions of simple men and women - suffering, elation, fear, melancholy, and hope - in a manner that is both original and powerfully moving. "slipcase has some wear, tears to back, some cloth wear, spine scuffs insides clean and tight" BX19. Seller Inventory # ABE-1777388246239
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THE ROHAN MASTER: A BOOK OF HOURS; (Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript )
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt design to front board, and gilt lettering/design to spine. The illuminated manuscript form which the paintings in this volume have been reproduced -- Ms.latin 9471) belonging to the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France -- is traditionally known as the Grandes Heures de Rohan, and comprises (reproductions of) 239 folios created roughly between 1425 and 1430. One or two small, darker spots to bottom left corner of front board and the bottom edge of the slipcase shows some corner bumping and loss of paper covering the cardboard frame. The Book of Hours consiss of a Calendar, Fragments of the Four Gospels; Fragments of the Passion According to St. John; Various Prayers to Christ and the Virgin; The Five Sorrows of the Virgin; Hours of the Virgin; Penitential Psalms; Liltanies of the Saints; Hours of the Cross; Hours of the Holy Spirit; The Fifteen Joys of the Virgin; The Seven Petitions to Our Lord; Prayer to the True Cross; Office of the Dead; Suffrages; Stabat Mater. Several of the original panels were damaged, and of course the reproductions reflect both that damage, and at least one instance of incompleteness. List of plates and bibliography at end. Introduction by Millard Meiss. (A Second) Introduction and Commentaries by Marcel Thomas. Translated from the French by Katharine W. Carson. Near Fine in Very Good Plus Slipcase. Seller Inventory # 88176