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Galdiano Fundación, Ms 13312
Book of Hours of Lorenzo
de Medici the Younger
Tours, 1518
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commentary, book open/closed, magnifying glass, sample illumination
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Deluxe facsimile
edition published by Testimonio Compañía Editorial, Madrid, 1994.
Colección Scriptorium, 3. Format: 4 x 6 cm, 332 pages.
Commentary
(266
pp)
by Juana
Hidalgo Ogayar.
Binding in full leather with sterling clasps & magnifying glass. € 975 Please call for special OMI offer
This fantastic book of hours, in
miniature 4 x 6 cm format, is believed to have been commissioned by
Pope Leo X as a wedding present for his nephew Lorenzo II and Magdalena
of Tour in 1518. The book was created in Florence, possibly by
Boccardino the Elder, Boccardino the Younger and Stefano di Tommaso
(Florentine Miniature School), and contains 11 miniatures and 16 pages
with ornamental borders. Among the highlights of the work is the
architectural perspective achieved in the miniature of the the
Annunication and the vista of the city of Florence in which the dome of
the Duomo can be seen. The borders are decorated with the famous
“Candelieri”, jewels and other delightful images as well as animals of
a clearly Flemish influence. Commentary by Juana Hidalgo Ogayar.
Limited edition of 980 copies, bound in leather with silver metalwork,
after the original. (view other
volumes from this series)
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