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The hours of Henry VIII : a Renaissance masterpiece by Jean Poyet / Roger S. Wieck, William M. Voelkle, K. Michelle Hearne.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wieck, Roger S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hours of Henry VIII--Illustrations.
- Hours of Henry VIII.
- Books of hours--France--Illustrations.
- Books of hours.
- Poyer, Jean, active 1465-1503.
- Poyer, Jean.
- Bourdichon, Jean, 1457?-1521?.
- Bourdichon, Jean.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance--France.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance.
- Pierpont Morgan Library.
- France.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictures.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- x, 194 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Hours of Henry the Eighth
- Place of Publication:
- New York : George Braziller in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 2000.
- Summary:
- A product for the royal court of France, the "Hours of Henry VIII," created around 1500 by Jean Poyet, is one of the most splendid Books of Hours to come down to us from this period. This magnificently illustrated lay book of daily devotions and prayers contains fifty-five exquisitely hand-painted images that accompany the calendar, prayers to the Virgin Mary and the saints, extracts from the Bible, and prayers for the dead. They are all reproduced here in color for the first time.
- The previously little-known Poyet (active ca. 1483-1503) enjoyed the patronage of the courts of three French kings (Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII). Not only an illuminator of manuscripts of the highest quality, Poyet also created panel paintings, elaborate drawings, and designed theatrical spectacles, all in a style that links Fouquet to Poussin.
- Author Roger S. Wieck provides a thorough explanation of the importance both of this grand manuscript within its art historical context and of Poyet's artistic achievements, which fluidly merged the cool, late Gothic aesthetic of his native northern France with the avant-garde Renaissance style of northern Italy. All major works by Poyet are discussed and illustrated.
- The volume is completed by detailed commentaries by Wieck, William M. Voelkle, and K. Michelle Hearne on each section of the Book of Hours and its miniatures, and an analysis of the fascinating history of the manuscript (tradition holds that it was once in the collection of Henry VIII, hence its name today). We are pleased to introduce Poyet's inventive and elegant illuminations, created at the dawn of the French Renaissance, in this splendid volume.
- Contents:
- Chapter I The Hours of Henry VIII as a Book of Hours / Roger S. Wieck 3
- Chapter II The Artist Jean Poyet and His Oeuvre / Roger S. Wieck 15
- Plates and Commentaries for the Hours of Henry VIII / William M. Voelkle, K. Michelle Hearne, Roger S. Wieck
- Calendar 51
- Gospel Lessons 77
- Prayers to the Virgin 87
- Hours of the Virgin 92
- Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit 111
- Penitential Psalms and Litany 116
- Office of the Dead 120
- Seven Prayers of St. Gregory 127
- Suffrages 130
- A. Description of the Manuscript 179
- B. Provenance 183.
- Notes:
- Illustrations previously attributed Jean Bourdichon are currently attributed to Jean Poyet.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194).
- ISBN:
- 0807614777
- OCLC:
- 43894507
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