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The Visconti hours : National Library, Florence
- Title
- The Visconti hours : National Library, Florence / Millard Meiss and Edith W. Kirsch.
- Author
- Meiss, Millard.
- Publication
- New York : George Braziller, 1972.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ND3363 V82 V82 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 262 pages : color facsimile; 26 cm (27 cm in slipcase)
- Summary
- "National Library, Florence The Visconti Hours is the preeminent Italian example of the numerous surviving Books of Hours produced during the late Middle Ages, mainly in countries north of Italy, for the private devotional use of wealthy lay persons."--Amazon.
- Uniform Title
- Libro d'ore Visconti.
- Subjects
- Books of hours
- Illustrated books
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Italy > Florence
- Books of hours > Italy > Illustrations > 14th century
- Grassi, Giovannino de', approximately 1340-1398
- Facsimiles
- Illustrated books > Italy > Florence > 14th century
- Belbello, Luchino, active 15th century
- Manuscripts
- Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze
- Books of hours > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
- Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, 1351-1402
- 1300-1499
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Italy > Florence
- Libro d'ore Visconti > History and criticism
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian > 14th century
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts.
- Note
- Issued in a slipcase.
- "Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript belonging to the National Library, Florence, Italy."--Title page verso.
- Rare Book copy: In original slipcase.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-262).
- Contents
- Introduction, part I / Millard Meiss -- Introduction, part II / Edith W. Kirsch -- Commentaries on the plates / Edith W. Kirsch -- Plates -- Provenance of the manuscript and list of related manuscripts -- Notes to the introduction -- Notes to the commentaries -- Bibliography.
- ISBN
- 0807606510
- 9780807606513
- LCCN
- 72075371
- OCLC
- ocm00713915
- 713915
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries