Book of Hours, Use of Paris (Susanna Hours)
Title
Book of Hours, Use of Paris (Susanna Hours)
Description
The Susanna Hours is so-named on account of its unusual cycle of thirteen large miniatures narrating the story of Susanna and the Elders, adapted from chapter 13 of the apocryphal Book of Daniel. Each of the miniatures is accompanied by a set of five rhyming AABBA verses in French, consisting of unique paraphrased translations of the biblical text. The basic compositions of these images derive from metalcut border illustrations designed by the Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany for the Parisian printers Simon Vostre and Philippe Pigouchet around 1497. The section dedicated to suffrages are mostly dedicated to female saints. The style of the illuminations is close to that of the so-called Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs (act. ca. 1499–ca. 1514) and suggests that the book was produced in Paris between about 1505 and 1520.
Creator
Illuminator: workshop of the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs
Date
ca. 1505–20
Format
Manuscript on parchment, 138 fols.
Identifier
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945.65.9
Coverage
Paris, France
Collection:
5. Showcasing Salvation; Devotion by Design
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Citation
Illuminator: workshop of the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs, “Book of Hours, Use of Paris (Susanna Hours),” Making the Renaissance Manuscript, accessed May 17, 2024, http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/items/show/35.
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