The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau, the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Alexander, J. J. G; Master of Mary of Burgundy; Braziller, George; Bodleian Library; Draeger fr?res,; printer

ISBN 10: 0807605786 / ISBN 13: 9780807605783

Published by George Braziller, New York, 1970

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Small octavo (12mo) in blue gilt-adorned boards; offwhite slipcase; [originally 191; reformatted to approx. 80 un-numbered] pages: color facsimile; 14 cm. Small octavo (12mo) in blue boards; offwhite slipcase; [originally 191; reformatted to approx. 80 un-numbered] pages: color facsimile; 14 cm Language: English Standard No: ISBN: 0807613320; 9780807613320; 0807605786; 9780807605783 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Netherlands -- 15th century. Books of hours -- Netherlands -- 15th century. Books of hours. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Named Person: Master of Mary of Burgundy, active 1475-1490. Master of Mary of Burgundy, active 1475-1490. Genre/Form: Gold tooled bindings (Binding) Time: 1400-1499 Geographic: Netherlands. Note(s): Contains 115 facsimile reproductions from MS. Douce 219-220 in the Bodleian Library, Oxford./ "Reproduced by permission of The Bodleian Library, Oxford"--Title page verso./ "Photographed and printed in France by Draeger Fr?res, Paris"--Title page verso./ Issued in slipcase./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32) and index. Class Descriptors: LC: ND3363.M37; Dewey: 759.9493 Responsibility: introduction and legends by J.J.G. Alexander. Fine in near fine(+) oriinally slipcase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau, the Bodleian Library, Oxford
• Publisher: George Braziller, New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807605786
• ISBN 13: 9780807605783
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Master Of Mary Of Burgundy
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion

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Synopsis

Near the end of the fifteenth century, a Flemish artist known only as The Master of Mary of Burgundy painted one of the last illuminated manuscripts for ENgelbert of Nassau, a member of the courts of rulers of the Netherlands from Charles the Bold to Philip the Fair. This edition reproduces this magnificent book, now in the Bodlein Library, Oxford, as closely as possible to the original.