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Manuscripts in the making. Hours of the Virgin. Texts and Images. Each of the eight Hours of the Virgin, recited daily at the canonical times for prayer, opens with a large miniature depicting an event in the Virgin’s life. The eight miniatures

Folio 37 r. Border motif of hybrid (Psalm 24). A hybrid is poised at the top of the bar border painted by the Macclesfield Master’s assistant.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

On 24 May 1937, Stanley Spencer’s divorce from Hilda, his first wife and the mother to his two children, was finalised.

8-10. Al. 6. Si. 6. O. 24. S. 2-4. ), from lapis lazuli stones mined in Afghanistan.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

i modern parchment flyleaf, 250 x 180 mm (163 x 105 mm), 24 long lines, ruled in brown ink (original campaign) or red ink (some 15th-century additions), offsets of some

Folio 37 r. Border motif of hybrid (Psalm 24). A hybrid is poised at the top of the bar border painted by the Macclesfield Master’s assistant.

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36r. Folio 24 v. Crucifixion (Hours of the Cross). This page was illuminated by the Painter of Additional 15677.