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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.

Manuscripts in the making. Green pigments and mixtures. Artists' Materials. Green hues were obtained in a variety of ways: copper sulphates, copper carbonates as well as mixtures of azurite with lead-tin yellow and an organic yellow were identified.

Manuscripts in the making. The Painter of Additional 15677. Artists. Most of the large miniatures and historiated initials were illuminated by an artist named the Painter of Additional 15677 after another Book of Hours (London, BL, Add. MS 15677).

Themes and periods. Data from our collections database. Commander David Heber-Percy; his sale, London, Christie's, 25 June 1971, lot 24; with Leggatt Brothers, London; Dr McDonald.

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

Texts and Images. The third book, with 24 chapters, is devoted to the human soul and its relation to the body.

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