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by Antoine de Schryver; Preface by Thomas Kren


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In January 1469, the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy record a payment to the scribe Nicolas Spierinc for having written "some prayers for my lord." Seven months later, the same accounts note a payment to the illuminator Lievin van Lathem for twenty-five miniatures plus borders and decorated initials in the same manuscript. In this seminal study, the late Antoine de Schryver argues that the documents refer to the prayer book of Charles the Bold now in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Ms. 37)--one of Charles's most splendid commissions from the greatest era of Netherlandish Burgundian book painting.

De Schryver's in-depth research opens a window onto the careers of Van Lathem family members, who served three rulers of the Burgundian Netherlands over forty years, and Nicolas Spierinc, the most inventive and brilliant scribe of Charles's court. This volume reproduces all of the book's miniatures and some of its elegant calligraphic pages.

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  • Title The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold: A Study of a Flemish Masterpiece from the Burgundian Court
  • Author Antoine de Schryver; Preface by Thomas Kren
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Date 2008-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780892369430 / 0892369434
  • Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 6.8 x 1 in (24.89 x 17.27 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 15th Century
    • Cultural Region: Benelux
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Charles - Art patronage, Prayer books
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008924691
  • Dewey Decimal Code 745.670

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Citations

  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/03/2008, Page 21

About the author

Antoine de Schryver was professor of art history, University of Ghent, The Netherlands. Thomas Kren is curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the author of French Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum and coauthor and editor of Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe.

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