Leaf from a book of hours for Roman use: from the Seven Penitential Psalms (Ps. 6, Ps. 31) Imprint: Printed in Paris by Thielman Kerver for Guillaume Eustace on March 15, 1500

Printer Thielman Kerver French, active in Paris 1497–1522

ArtistBookseller-binder: Guillaume Eustace French, active in Paris circa 1530–1535

ArtistManuscript illuminator: Unknown Parisian artist, French, active in Paris around 1500

DateMarch 15, 1500

MediumBlack and red ink on parchment with tempera and gold leaf

Dimensions7 5/16 x 5 in. (18.6 x 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsBook Arts

Credit LineReby Lewis Purchase Fund

Object numberG.62.9.5

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Provenance[Ferdinand Roten Galleries, 123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland]; NCMA purchase on March 12, 1962 (as Kerver 1500, printed border illumination and hand coloring)Published References"Catalogue of Early Book Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events (May 1962), cat. no. 11.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), listed 62.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Early Book Art,” May 1962, then traveling, cat. no. 11.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," January 16, 2024-July 1, 2024.
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