Book slightly open to an illuminated page. Photograph on a neutral background.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated folio from a manuscript depicting the Crucifixion scene.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated folio from a manuscript depicting a scene with several haloed figures surrounding a Virgin.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated folio from a manuscript depicting a scene of a king in profile before a fortified city.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated folio from a manuscript depicting a scene of a bedridden, emaciated figure surrounded by several characters.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated folio from a manuscript depicting the Annunciation scene.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Folio from a manuscript featuring a red letter and a blue letter.

Very small Troyes Book of Hours, Cl. 23927 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Very small Troyes Book of Hours

Description

Not on display

15th century

Late Middle Ages

The Book of Hours was intended for laypeople wishing to include the times of monastic prayers in their daily lives. As this work is very small, and was therefore easy to transport, it was probably of interest to an active man.

It is decorated with five full-page illuminations, among which two scenes stand out, a scene of David facing the angel of punishment and a scene of Death pointing its arrow at the door of the dying person.

The ensemble reflects the climate of the 1480s when the citizens of Troyes, enamoured with moral literature, preferred to commission artists from the capital.
 

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Lead object: headless man mounted on a horse. Front view.

Secular badge, horse rider, Cl. 4600 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Badges (lead)

14th century - 15th century

Round ceramic plate with Islamic-style decoration in blue and gold with a metallic sheen. Front view on a neutral background.

Hispano-moresque ceramic, basin with eyelets, Cl. 2343 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Luc Mabit

Hispano-moresque ceramics

15th century - 16th century

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Fragment of a tapestry adorned with two lines of inscriptions in Gothic style. Front view.

Fragment of tapestry, Inscription regarding the burial of the body of Saint Peter, Cl. 23973 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Fragment of tapestry

15th century