France, Paris / c. 1404
Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425) as bound volume (France, Paris · c. 1404).
King Charles the Noble likely used this book of hours at his royal castle of Olite in Navarra in northern Spain.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this bound volume as ink, tempera, and gold on vellum and credits Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates (French).
The museum's collection notes: Creating a book of hours was an arduous and costly process. These books were made from vellum, animal skins that were laboriously prepared in a multistep process. The texts were written with a quill pen and the illustrations were hand painted using water-based pigments. Gold was added for a look of great luxury. Such a book would take years to create, making these valuable objects unique.
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The Cleveland Museum of ArtHours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425)Original explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.