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There is no more inventive—or scary—miniature in Catherine's prayer book than this full-page depiction of hell. A gaping lion's mouth opens its batlike lips tipped with talons; inside is another, red-hot maw. Demons cast damned souls into this terrifying entrance to the furnace of hell, above which rises the castle of death decorated with skulls. Burning towers heat caldrons into which ...
After Catherine Howard was beheaded, Anne and her brother, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, pressed the king to remarry Anne. Henry quickly refused to do so. She seems to have disliked Catherine Parr, and reportedly reacted to the news of Henry's sixth marriage with the remark "Madam Parr is taking a great burden on herself."
37 ratings10 reviews. When this magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, it is available once again. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful ...
1 de abr. de 2021 · Catherine, of Cleves, Duchess, consort of Arnold, van Egmond, Duke of Gelderland, 1417-1476; Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) Boxid IA40084706 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-658 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
January 22 through May 2, 2010. Online exhibition ». The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is the most important and lavish of all Dutch manuscripts as well as one of the most beautiful in the Morgan's collection. Commissioned by Catherine of Cleves around 1440 and illustrated by an artist known as the Master of Catherine of Cleves, the work is an ...
Hours of Catherine of Cleves. + 7. Our price. More Buying Choices. Request Info. Manuscript book Description. Facsimile Edition Description. The greatest Dutch master of book illumination made this very handy book of hours around 1430. The detailed illustrations of everyday life in the fifteenth century are unique in their form and content.
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript in the world. Its 157 miniatures are by the gifted Master of Catherine of Cle...
