MASTER of Mary of Burgundy
(active 1469-1483 in Ghent)

Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau

1470s
Manuscript (Ms. Douce 219-220, 2 volumes), 137 x 97 mm
Bodleian Library, Oxford

The picture shows the Prayer to the Virgin page of the Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau with the illuminations by the Master of Mary of Burgundy.

In this tiny but lavish book, the marginal decorations are no longer filled with flat, decorative ivy scrolls, but instead become floors strewn with realistic objects. In this example, pilgrimage badges are scattered across the margins.




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