Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass / Gold Scrolls Group / Manner of
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.8
- Title
- Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass
- Artist
- Gold Scrolls Group
- Artist Nationality
- Flemish
- Artist Life Dates
- active circa 1415-1450
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera, gold, and silver alloy on parchment
- Object Creation Date
- 1415-1455
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Belgium (nation)
- Flanders (region)
- West Flanders (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Belgium (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Flanders (region)
- Creation Place 4
- West Flanders (province)
- Credit Line
- Anonymous Gift in memory of Mrs. John Alexander
- Style/Group/Movement
- Gothic
- Dimensions
- 19.2 cm x 14.1 cm (7 9/16 in. x 5 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Primary Object Type
- leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Secondary Object Type
- manuscript
- Physical Description
- This miniature painting depicts a group of male figures gathered around a coffin draped with a blue cloth. Two pairs of candles set on tall candlesticks are placed at the head and foot of the coffin. To the left of the coffin stand four mourners wearing long gray robes with hoods. Facing them from the other side of the coffin are three tonsured clergymen dressed in white, who look at an open book placed before them. The group stands upon a green tiled floor next to a pink wall. The background is painted red and decorated with an exuberant pattern of gold scrolling foliage motifs.
- Subject Matter
- This richly colored miniature painting was taken from a book of hours, a type of personal devotional manuscript that enjoyed widespread popularity from the thirteenth through fifteenth centuries and contained sets of daily prayers, or "offices." The painting depicts a funeral mass attended by hooded mourners and performed by three clergymen. The miniature prefaced the set of prayers known as the Office of the Dead that was recited as a preparation for death and afterwards for the departed soul.
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- ceremonies
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 837 x 1129
- File Size
- 102 KB
- Record
- 1993/2.8
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"Leaf from a book of hours with a funeral mass; Gold Scrolls Group; Manner of." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-2.8/1993_2.8.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
