Made for unknown client, perhaps to be given to the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, and his wife, Margaret of York. Known to be in Rome by the 18th C, owned by Cardinal Francisco Javier Zelada (1717-1801). Owned by the Cathedral Chapter of Toledo before arriving at the Biblioteca Nacional by 1869
Miniatures by Master of the Dresden Prayerbook, Simon Marmion, Master from Vienna of Mary of Burgundy and anonymous desciples
Planas, Josefina. Horae: el poder de la imagen?: libros de hores en bibliotecas españolas. [Madrid]: Orbis Mediaevalis, 2016. p. 486-487
Calendar
Folios: 1v-13r
Use of: France
Language: French
Features: Dominical Letters, Golden Numbers
Colors
High: Blue
Normal: Black
Notes:
2-line KL, white leaves over gold BG
minimal verse
complete illusion borders, plants and animals.
bottom of Recto - labor scene, bottom of Verso - zodiac in landscape
batarde hand, tightly drawn margins, sometimes names fall outside.
"A" of Dominical, white with gold BG; remaining dominicals and initial letter of Saint with brown wash
Several months have "Nones" or "Idus" in the saint column, occasionally without saint