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Raphael de Mercatellis, also known as Raphael of Burgundy (1437 – 3 August 1508), was a church official, imperial counsellor [ de] and bibliophile. He was the illegitimate son of Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy and a woman of Venetian origins, the wife of a merchant. He was born in Bruges.
They are so-named for their most notable patron Raphaël de Mercatellis (1437–1508), an illegitimate son of Philip the Good of Burgundy who served as abbot of Saint Bavo in Ghent and became the most important humanistic bibliophile in the Low Countries.
This page bears several similarities to the Rokeghem Hours (Bruges, c. 1500), attributed to the Masters of Raphaël de Mercatellis group, and previously in the collection of Les Enluminures (BOH 07). Correlations with the “ Ecce Homo ” page, particularly the style of its distinctive red-lipped figures, are found in the Raising of Lazarus ...
Raphael de Mercatellis was abbot of the abbey from 1478, and used money from the abbey to commission lavish illuminated manuscripts. In 1540, Charles V ordered the destruction of the abbey. A coercion castle, with its cannons directed at Ghent, was built on the location of the abbey. References
Published as a companion to the exhibition 'De bibliotheek van Raphaël de Marcatellis (1437-1508)', organized at the University Library of Ghent from 17 September to 26 October 1979 in honour of Professor Dr. K. G. van Acker Review: J.J.G. ALEXANDER, Medium Aevum, 50 (1981), pp. 324-325
- Albert Derolez
- 1979
Nederlands: Rafaël van Bourgondië, ook genoemd Rafaël de Marcatellis ( Brugge, ca. 1437 - ?, 1508) was een zoon van Filips de Goede en werd monnik van de Benedictijnerabdij van Sint-Pieters te Gent. Kort na de voltooiing van zijn studies werd hij in 1463 abt van de Sint-Pietersabdij te Oudenburg. In 1478 werd hij abt van de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent.
12 de dic. de 2012 · December 12, 2012. Rokeghem Hours (Use of Rome), Belgian, Bruges, c. 1500, in Latin and Dutch, bound illuminated manuscript on parchment, 2 large and 16 small miniatures by the Masters of Raphael de Mercatellis, 7 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/16 inches closed.
