FEATURES – Codex (2 tomes) on parchment, 180 x 250 mm, 636 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Milan.
CHRONOLOGY – 14th century – 15th century: made between 1390 and 1434.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The work was commissioned by Gian Galeazzo Visconti to Giovannino de’ Grassi. The work was suspended because of the death of Gian Galeazzo and then started again when his son Filippo Maria Visconti became Duke in 1412. Later owners were the Visconti di Modrone, Baron Horace Landau (1824-1903) and Madame Hugo Finaly (1850-1938).
GENRE – Christianity; Private devotional books.
CONTENTS – Prayers.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Gothic.
DECORATION – 34 full-page miniatures, 90 historiated initials.
ARTIST – Giovannino de’ Grassi, Belbello da Pavia.
STYLE – Gothic.
d’ore, d’ore
d’Heures, d’Heures
de’, de’
