Fitzwilliam Book of Hours – Limited Edition Facsimile, Fine Binding. Bruges (Belgium) – Ca. Publisher: The Folio Society – London, 2009. This copy is number 374. Binding: Since the binding on the original manuscript in the Fitzwilliam Museum represents a Victorian interpretation, a new binding was created: woven silk with gold thread. 370 pages / 19.6 × 13.2 cm. Commentary: 1 volume (144 pages) by Stella Panayotova. Facsimile: 1 volume Detailed reproduction of the entire original document (size, format, color). The cover may not correspond to the original or current document cover. Condition: Facsimile and Box As New, Commentary volume Good. About the Original Manuscript. An opulently illuminated gem of Flemish Renaissance book illumination for an unknown patron: 63 breathtakingly beautiful full-page miniatures and 350 vibrant borders by four important Bruges masters. One of the outstanding jewels in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge: the so-called Fitzwilliam Book of Hours. This masterpiece is a manuscript created in Bruges at the beginning of the 16th century, which features 63 full-page miniatures. These are impressive in their high-quality execution and varied design. Four important painters were involved in the execution. And every viewer will immediately realize that this must have been the work of a high-ranking – albeit unknown – patron. An impressive work from the heyday of Flemish book painting! A total of 63 full-page miniatures are spread over the 370 pages of the Fitzwilliam Book of Hours. These are surrounded by beautiful borders and make this valuable manuscript something special. In addition, each page of text is decorated with a border filled with floral ornamentation and the like. Varied colored initials round off this homogeneous visual impression wonderfully. Michael, the so-called Master of Add. 15677 should be mentioned in particular ; he takes his name from a manuscript attributed to him in the British Library.
