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Goobi
Folio with three-quarter page miniature from a book of hours attributed to the Dunois Master, written in Latin and French in a bastarda script, made in Paris and dated 1443–1445. It was commissioned by Prigent de Coëtivy (1399?–1450) on the occasion of his marriage to Marie de Rais (1429–1457). Removed from the bound volume between 1933 and 1960. Following the calendar, Gospel lessons and Passion story are the mixed Hours of the Virgin (8), Holy Cross (7) and Holy Spirit (7). Beneath rubrics in red, Prime of the Virgin opens with the illuminated initial 'D' (Deus in adiutorium meum intende) painted with white, red, blue and gold ivy-leaf ornament. The miniature is painted in demi-grisaille with pigments and gold and depicts the Nativity of the infant Jesus, surrounded by Mary, Joseph and angels. An ox and ass (donkey) look on from the stables. Above, two angels sing from a music sheet as God in a semicircle of gold seraphim looks down on the baby. The season is identified by a sprinkling of snow on the buildings and landscape. A line of angels hover across the top margin, ewes and rams (sheep) are painted in the lower margin, and a shepherd watches the scene from the right. The angels in the upper margin are not included on the verso.
The Nativity from the Coëtivy Hours
W 082 f.43
W_082_f_43
Western Collection
Latin (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Approved Place 2018/Europe/France/Île-de-France/Ville de Paris department/Paris
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
French bastarda
1443-1445
1443
1450
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Animal (material)/Parchment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Leaf (Coating material)/Gold leaf
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)/Metallic pigment/Gold pigment
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Parchment (material)
Gold leaf
Gold pigment
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
GOOD
GOOD
137 mm x 102 mm (height x width)
art
attributed to
Dunois Master
Dunois Master, attributed to
Paris
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