Black Hours, Hispanic Society, New York
Horae Beatae Marie Secundum usum curie romane is a Black Book of Hours made around 1458, currently[when?] in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America, and housed in their museum.
Description
The book is an illuminated manuscript on black parchment, and comprises 152 folios. It is 14.7 x 10.1 cm.[1]
The manuscript has space on the page facing the start of each office for a miniature. The inclusion of St. Vincent Ferrer who was canonized in 1455 gives us a terminus post quem. One of the folios pictured, Folio 13r, bears the coat of arms of Castile (believed to be that of Maria of Castile).[1]
Purpose and creation
The calendar is appropriate for the Crown of Aragon, and it has been suggested it was a gift, on her bereavement, to Maria of Castile, queen of Alfonso V of Aragon who died in Valencia in 1458. The black parchment and her coat of arms, no longer blazoned with that of Aragon support this theory.[1]
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