The essay reconstructs the context of production of a rare example of Valencian Book of Hours from the mid-15th century, investigating in-depth the different features of the elegant artefact. The secondary decorative repertory is linked with the illuminated production at Valencia, while the major incipit pages, with extraordinary but unusual illuminated borders, are explained identifying their models in the printed playing cards produced by a German engraver; these were used as model books especially in Flanders. The identification of the owner’s portrait and name, Alfonso, together with the “archeological” analysis of the traces of lost leaves, have enabled the author to propose Alfonso Borgia as the patron, dating the book to the middle of the century, before his election as pope Callixtus III
Il saggio ricostruisce il contesto di produzione di un raro esempio di libro d’ore valenziano della metà del Quattrocento, indagando a fondo i diversi aspetti del raffinato manufatto. Il repertorio decorativo secondario viene ricondotto alla produzione valenziana, mentre le carte incipitarie maggiori, dotate di straordinarie ma inusuali bordure miniate, vengono spiegate identificandone i modelli nella carte da gioco prodotte da un proto-incisore tedesco, spesso utilizzato come repertorio di modelli anche in ambito fiammingo. L’identificazione di un ritratto del destinatario e del suo nome, Alfonso, insieme all’indagine “archeologica” sulle tracce di fogli perduti hanno permesso di proporre Alfonso Borgia, quale committente, alla metà del secolo, prima della sua elezione come papa Callisto III
Un libro de horas iluminado para Alfonso de Borja : influencia de los grabados alemanes en la miniaturade la Corona de Aragon a mediados del siglo 14. / Francesca Manzari / Manzari, Francesca. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 203-224.
Un libro de horas iluminado para Alfonso de Borja : influencia de los grabados alemanes en la miniaturade la Corona de Aragon a mediados del siglo 14. / Francesca Manzari.
MANZARI, FRANCESCA
2012
Abstract
The essay reconstructs the context of production of a rare example of Valencian Book of Hours from the mid-15th century, investigating in-depth the different features of the elegant artefact. The secondary decorative repertory is linked with the illuminated production at Valencia, while the major incipit pages, with extraordinary but unusual illuminated borders, are explained identifying their models in the printed playing cards produced by a German engraver; these were used as model books especially in Flanders. The identification of the owner’s portrait and name, Alfonso, together with the “archeological” analysis of the traces of lost leaves, have enabled the author to propose Alfonso Borgia as the patron, dating the book to the middle of the century, before his election as pope Callixtus IIII documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.