Book of Hours (Use of Metz): Fol. 27r, Decorated Initials
Unknown Artist
c. 1440
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Dimensions
14.2 × 9.4 cm
Classification
Bound Volume
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Julia Morgan Marlatt
Accession Number
1942.1514.27.a
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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 ...