The Rohan Hours, formally the Grandes Heures de Rohan, is an illuminated manuscript book of hours painted in the Gothic style by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan Master, probably between 1418 and 1425. Decorated with eleven full page, fifty four half page, and 227 small miniatures in tempera and gold leaf, it is renowned for its emotional and dramatic portrayal of the agonies of Christ and the grief of the Virgin, and it is housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
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Year Created MediumIlluminated manuscript book of hours, egg tempera and gold leaf on vellum 1 LocationBibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France 1 Primary Material Medium
Medium (category) Medium (category) Classification
GenreManuscript Illumination 1 Connections
In Form
Illuminated book of hours by the Rohan Master, c. 1430s.
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In Movement
Illuminated by the Rohan Master, c. 1430s, a canonical International Gothic manuscript.
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1. Rohan Hours (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first sentence
painted by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan Master, probably between 1418 and 1425 (though other datings have been suggested), in the Gothic style.
Description section, opening clause
Vellum, 239 folios, 11.4 x 8.3 in. (290 x 210 mm), with 11 full page, 54 half page, and 227 small miniatures, decorated with egg tempera colors and gold leaf.
Description section, illumination detail
Vellum, 239 folios, 11.4 x 8.3 in. (290 x 210 mm)
History, Provenance section, final sentence
Currently, The Rohan Hours is in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Lead section
Latin 9471; commonly known as The Rohan Hours) is an illuminated manuscript book of hours, painted by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan Master, probably between 1418 and 1425 (though other datings have been suggested), in the Gothic style.
In Group: Books of Hours and Psalters, Lead
The Grandes Heures de Rohan (French: The Grand Hours of Rohan; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS.
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