Summerfield B491: Presentation at the Temple, detail of fol. f_viir

Summerfield B491: Presentation at the Temple, detail of fol. f_viir

This Book of Hours printed in the early sixteenth century was the product of a collaboration between the Parisian bookmakers Philippe Pigouchet and Simon Vostre. The pair worked together during an eighteen-year period to create hundreds of Books of Hours for the public to consume. Because these works were mass-produced and significantly less expensive than the handwritten and custom painted books popular among the elite, they appealed to a broad audience. Pigouchet, an engraver, is credited with creating the metalcuts used to print the complex and various illustrations that fill this book. This imagery, particularly the marginalia, reveals a rich collection of both religious and secular themes that were in dialogue with a range of contemporary media.

Spencer Research Library Special Collections, University of Kansas

c. 1502

Book of Hours

Spencer Research Library Special Collections, Summerfield B491, fol. f_viir

ink on paper, 16th c. Book of Hours