Mirandola Stundenbuch - Ex. 125/1.495 - 1995

High-quality crafted detailed facsimile, the cover was styled in the manner of a contemporary Florentine gilt leather binding.

One-time edition of 1,495 numbered copies worldwide, here copy number 125.

Publisher: Lachen, Coron Verlag, 1995, facsimile edition of manuscript MS. Add. 50002 from the British Library London. Commentary volume with contributions from Christopher de Hamel and Ulrike Bauer-Eberhardt. 114 facsimiled pages with numerous colored, partly gilded illustrations (facsimile) + 144 pages, with 20 images (commentary).

Dark violet velvet cover on heavy boards, gold-colored chased bronze fittings with a large lapis lazuli medallion in the center, adorned at the four corners with cabochon opals, as well as at the two clasps with small lapis lazuli, three-sided gold edges. - Commentary volume in linen, both together in a larger padded silk case (32x24 cm)

An excellent example of Renaissance book painting is the Book of Hours named after the city of Mirandola, which was created between 1496 and 1499 in the Italian Mantua or Ferrara. It contains 228 pages with four full-page and seven smaller miniatures that illustrate the texts of the book for private devotion. In addition, there is a calendar with images of the months and zodiac signs, six initials with scenic representations, 85 initials before expansive landscapes, and another 37 initials with lively large-scale ornaments. Galeotto Pico I. (1442–1499), the lord of Mirandola, likely commissioned the splendid work from the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Francesco Maineri, who worked mainly for the Este family.

Flawless, like-new condition