Arrest of Christ from the Coëtivy Hours
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no:
- W 082 f.41
- Title:
- Arrest of Christ from the Coëtivy Hours
- Artist and production place:
- Dunois Master (attributed to)
Paris
- Production date:
- 1443-1445
- Dimensions:
- 137 mm x 102 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Parchment (material) Gold leaf Gold pigment Pigment (material) Ink (material)
- Language:
- Latin (language)
- Script type:
- French bastarda
- Collection:
- Western Collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
- Description:
- 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, Matins of the Holy Cross opens with the illuminated initial 'D' (Domine labia mea aperies) painted with white, red, blue and gold ivy-leaf ornament. The miniature is painted with pigments and gold but in a more muted palette to indicate night. The night setting was likely derived from a Limbourg Brothers' painting in the Très Riches Heures, through an intermediary. It depicts the Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. A mob of soldiers, elders and servants carry torches and lanterns to capture Jesus, who is identified by the kiss of Judas. In defence, Peter draws his sword and cuts off the ear of Malachus, who lies on the ground. The frame is broken and the landscape extends into the borders, where related scenes are included. On the right is the episode just prior to the Arrest, the Agony in the Garden. Following the Last Supper, Jesus and several of his followers go to the garden to pray. While Jesus asks for the cup to pass, Peter, John and James sleep. In the lower margin is a version of the Arrest from the Gospel of John. In this account, when Jesus identifies himself the soldiers of the high priest fall to the ground. The marginal details on the verso differ, the foliage is painted in the normal fashion and inhabited by birds and soldiers.
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