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THE BOOK OF HOURS OF MARY STUART - ST. PETERSBURG CODEX - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

Do you like this #Facsimile? Then contact us under contact@facsimiles.com or visit our homepage: https://www.facsimiles.com/facsimiles... The Book of Hours of Mary Stuart kept in the Russian National Library is not only an extremely beautiful and ornate #Gothic Book of Hours, but also a captivating testimony to the pious private life of the Queen of Scotland and temporarily also of France – Mary Stuart (1542–1587). She presumably received the #manuscript, which was commissioned by an unknown, probably female person, as a gift in 1554 and immortalized herself in it with a note of ownership in that year, signatures, personal notes and elegiac poems. These reveal Mary's use of the manuscript over many years, but also her despairing emotional state during her political imprisonment under Queen Elizabeth I. The unsuccessful claimant to the English throne usually inscribed these glosses in the bas-de-page, directly beneath the wonderful, colorful vine borders of the pages, which are illuminated all over in the style of the Bedford Master. The prayer texts are accompanied by elaborate, arched #miniatures, 22 of which have been preserved. A true late medieval gem! You can find this and many other facsimiles under: www.facsimiles.com