Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66

Hours of Ippolita Sforza Facsimile Edition

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Now preserved in the Biblioteca de la Abadía of Montserrat (MS 66), this precious book of hours was decorated by Jean Bourdichon (1457/59-1521), a royal artist active in Tours and Paris. The kings Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and François I had him make stained glass windows, coins, and illuminated manuscripts among other works.

Jean Bourdichon painted this devotional book for a woman. The heraldry depicted on folio 56 evidence that Ippolita d’Aragona was the patron of this devotional book made between 1495 and 1504.

Jean Bourdichon’s Elegant Style and Original Effects

The richly illuminated book of hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza was decorated with the elegant style that Bourdichon also exhibited in such complex works as the Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, and the Book of Hours of Charles VIII.

The illuminator juxtaposed repeated small brush strokes, he meticulously rendered in painting the physical appearance of different materials, for example recreating the effects of transparency visible in some fictive textiles.

Anticipating certain film-making effects, some illuminations in the manuscript display figures in a dramatic close-up position, a type of shot which tightly frames a person or an object.

We have 3 facsimiles of the manuscript "Hours of Ippolita Sforza":

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#1 Libro de horas de Hipolita de Aragon y Sforza (Triptico de Montserrat)

Salamanca: CM Editores, 2014

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Book of Hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza, Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66, Facsimile edition by CM Editores
Facsimile edition by CM Editores

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Book of Hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza, Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66 − Photo 2
Book of Hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza, Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66 − Photo 2

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Book of Hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza, Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66 − Photo 3
Book of Hours of Ippolita Maria Sforza, Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, MS 66 − Photo 3
  • Commentary (Spanish) by Villaseñor Sebastián, Fernando
  • Limited Edition: 375 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Hours of Ippolita Sforza: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

This facsimile is part of the set of three facsimiles known as "Triptico de Montserrat" (Montserrat Triptych).

Binding

Black velvet decorated with gilded plates.

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#2 Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition)

Salamanca: CM Editores, 2014

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Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition), Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, Ms. 66, Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.

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Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition), Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, Ms. 66, Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
Triptico de Montserrat (Library Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
  • Commentary (Spanish) by Villaseñor Sebastián, Fernando
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Hours of Ippolita Sforza: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

This facsimile is part of the set of three facsimiles known as "Triptico de Montserrat" (Montserrat Triptych).

The full set, in library edition, contains:

Binding

Blue velvet decorated with gilded plates.

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#3 Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition)

Salamanca: CM Editores, 2014

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Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition), Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, Ms. 66, Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.

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Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition), Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, Ms. 66, Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.

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Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition), Montserrat, Biblioteca de la Abadía de Montserrat, Ms. 66, Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
Triptico de Montserrat (Deluxe Edition) facsimile edition by CM Editores.
  • Commentary (Spanish) by Villaseñor Sebastián, Fernando
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Hours of Ippolita Sforza: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

This facsimile is part of the set of three facsimiles known as "Triptico de Montserrat" (Montserrat Triptych).

The full set, in an elegant wooden box, contains:

Binding

Blue velvet decorated with gilded plates.

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