Book of Hours (Use of Metz): Fol. 27r, Decorated Initials (c. 1440): Art, History and Details

Book of Hours (Use of Metz): Fol. 27r, Decorated Initials (c. 1440) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This volume contains only one full-page miniature of the standing Virgin with Child. It introduces the prayer: "Holy Mary, faultless Lady, intercede for us. . . . " The first seven folios of the book list dedications of Metz churches and indulgences that are unique to that diocese. The city of Metz, situated on the Moselle River, was the cultural and commercial capital of Lorraine during the 1400s. It was also the location of an important bishopric (diocese of a bishop) and therefore the center of a growing book trade.

Object facts

• Title: Book of Hours (Use of Metz): Fol. 27r, Decorated Initials
• Date: c. 1440
• Culture: France, Metz
• Type: Bound Volume
• Technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
• Dimensions: Sheet: 14.2 x 9.4 cm (5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
• Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1942.1514.27.a

Collection credit

Bequest of Julia Morgan Marlatt

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