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accession number:	1998.124.175.a
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.124.175.a
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Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 175r, Text, c. 1460–1465. Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish), Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; binding:  brown Morocco over original wooden boards; overall: 5.9 x 11.6 cm (2 5/16 x 4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of his wife, Elizabeth Ege Freudenheim 1998.124.175.a

title:				Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht): fol. 175r, Text
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creation date:			c. 1460–1465
creation date earliest:		1460
creation date latest:		1465
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creditline:			Gift of Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of his wife, Elizabeth Ege Freudenheim
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culture:	Netherlands, Utrecht, 15th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; binding:  brown Morocco over original wooden boards
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Bound Volume
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* Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode (Netherlandish)  - artist

* Master of the Boston City of God (Netherlandish)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 5.9 x 11.6 cm (2 5/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
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This manuscript is a collaborative effort of two talented illuminators with distinctive styles. Ninety-seven historiated initials (letters containing scenes), including the one on recto (right side) shown here, are by the Master of the Boston City of God, a painter who worked in Utrecht. Four full-page miniatures (small paintings), including the Nativity on the verso (left side), have recently been attributed to the Master of Gijsbrecht van Brederode. The background of the Nativity depicts a distant cityscape (perhaps Utrecht), adjacent to which may be seen the Journey of the Magi and the Annunciation to the Shepherds. In the left margin, the Virgin Mary (above) appears to the Roman Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, who, according to legend, foretold the coming of Christ. This volume is not written in Latin, but in a Dutch littera textualis, an elegant Gothic bookhand.
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