Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation, Nativity and Two Prophets
Master of Riccardiana 231 (Italian)
1480–1490
- Medium
- tempera and gold on parchment
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15.1 x 9.2 cm (5 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- manuscript
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, Florence, 15th century
About
This leaf came from a book of hours, a devotional book popular in the Middle Ages. They contained prayers that a devoted individual would use throughout the day. It has been estimated that 1 in 15 households owned a book of hours, although this luxurious example could only have belonged to an aristocratic household.