Black books of hours
id:
black-books-of-hours-244-12408169
title:
Black books of hours
text:
Black books of hours are a type of luxury Flemish illuminated manuscript books of hours using pages of vellum that were soaked with black dye or ink before they were lettered or illustrated, for an unusual and dramatic effect. The text is usually written with gold or silver ink. There are seven surviving examples, all dating from about 1455–1480. The parchment was soaked in an iron-copper solution and as a result could only be inscribed with gold or silver lettering. The process was both expensi
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Medieval Flemish illuminated manuscript
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_books_of_hours
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-04T01:38:18Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3257226","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3257226"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Horae_beatae_marie_secundum_usum_curie_romane.png","width":2774,"height":1972}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15