Book of Hours

Master, Rohan

ISBN 10: 0807606901 / ISBN 13: 9780807606902

Published by George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1973

About this Item

Master, Rohan, Book of Hours. Published by George Braziller, New York, 1973. Introduction by Millard Meiss. Introduction and commentaries by Marcel Thomas. 247 pp. Beautiful reproduction of the medieval manuscript "The Grandes Heures de Rohan", also known as the Book of Hours. The book was commissioned approx. 1430-1435 by Lady Iolanthe de Aragorn, a financer of Joan of Arc. The book features vivid full colour plates showcasing the splendid masterpieces of Master Rohan. Slipcase in black with white title and geometric symbol in red/gold. Richly designed book bound in red cloth with gilt imprint of geometric design on cover. Printed in France by Draeger Freres, Paris. Book Design by Vincent Torres. Slipcase by Oscar Ratti. The book is in excellent condition with glassine still intact. Please contact the seller for shipping costs.

Seller Inventory # B103

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Book of Hours
• Publisher: George Braziller, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807606901
• ISBN 13: 9780807606902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Master Rohan
• Edition: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval
  • World Literature

About this title

Synopsis

This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation.
As Millard Meiss points out in his Introduction: "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." And, in his explorations, the Rohan Master disclosed a way of viewing and visually depicting reality (replete with familiar biblical figures, saints, angels, devils) and the emotions of simple men and women - suffering, elation, fear, melancholy, and hope - in a manner that is both original and powerfully moving.
From the first folio of this remarkable and often startling manuscript to the final plate, the entire range of human emotions is compassionately but uncompromisingly explored. Named after the Rohan family, whose arms appear in this manuscript, this distinctive artist earned himself a place as one of the greatest manuscript illuminators of the early Renaissance.

About the Author

Thomas, The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.

Millard Meiss (1904-1975) est l un des grands representants de l ecole d histoire de l art americaine influencee par Panofsky. Ses travaux ont porte sur l art italien du Trecento et du Quattrocento, avant qu il ne se consacre totalement a l etude de la miniature francaise.