Turin-Milan Hours

The Turin - Milan Hours, and Turin-Milan prayer book, is an illuminated Book of Hours, which was built around between 1380/90 and the 1420s in Flanders and is considered a masterpiece of Gothic book painting.

Emergence and owner history

About the various illuminators of the 28 miniature pages, there are several theories. An artist of the last third of the 14th century is called the Notnamen "master of Paraments of Narbonne ," one after this manuscript "Master G" featured artists could with Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 ) to be identical, for a further identity with, Barthélemy D or with Hubert van Eyck discussed and a painter has received the name "Master John the Baptist".

The Book of Hours was commissioned by the Duke of Berry, the other highlights of medieval illumination were created, including the Très Riches Heures. About the Treasurer of the Duke, Robinet d' Estampes, the book came in 1420 in the possession of the house of Bavaria -Holland. 1479 is a part of the Book of Hours ( Heures de Turin) in the House of Savoy and finally reached detectable from there in the Turin National Library. In 1905 it fell victim to a fire. The other part ( Heures de Milan ) acquired in 1800 Prince Gian Giacomo Trivulzio in Milan. This fragment came in 1935 in the Turin Museo Civico.

Description

The resulting fragment of the Hours includes 126 sheet of 28 miniature pages in the format 28.4 x 20.3 cm. Unusual is the compilation of the book: In addition to a book of hours, it also contains a missal.