(probably Paris, around 1500). Image format: 13.5 x 8.7 cm, sheet size: 16.5 x 10.2 cm. Framed (frame: 26.5 x 20.5 cm). Language: LatinOrder number: 170095Remarks: *Sheet probably from an edition of "Horae" by the Parisian publisher Simon Vostre with a magnificently colored border on both sides with figurative scenes from the Bible. From approx. From 1498 to the second decade of the 16th century, the publisher Simon Vostre published printed books of hours for a wealthy upper class. However, with their complex printing technique with many metal cuts, they were hardly cheaper than their hand-painted counterparts, so that "the metal cut could not really establish itself alongside the woodcut" (Mazal, Buchkunst Gothic, 132). - Clean and well preserved.Keywords: Book of Hours - livre d'or - boo.
