#black hours

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[mugwortprince]

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Black_books_of_hours BLACK PAPER HOUSE ill construct a paper house tonight

hic et nunc black hours like the sea at rest as like as rain to water as like you as cherry is to cherry

black hours— the absence of the presence

https://biblehub.com/genesis/3-10.htm eve said "I am afraid because I am neked https://biblehub.com/genesis/3-7.htm

the problem is resolved in the presence: the Idea incarnate in a naked girl whats the opposite of a preemie im still in my own womb like a black baby books glass pivot totally

BLACK PAPER HOUSE ill construct a paper house tonight

night again

pivot of the world Memory Time pointless refrain night again

beautiful sunfaded black construction paper and dark and set my self on fire

the nowness of "right now" "hic et nunc" black ribbons )black knots 10 1 for every finger its spirit fingers in the mirror now or never

night "night night"

night again

illusive as time brutally: Memory

[beautiful-belgium]

Detail of the Flight into Egypt from the Black Hours, c. 1480, Bruges, Belgium

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1912

MS M.493, fols. 66v–67r

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[beautiful-belgium]

Detail of the Adoration of the Magi from the Black Hours, c. 1480, Bruges, Belgium

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1912

MS M.493, fols. 58v–59r

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[megushie]

YOOO HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN A BLACK BOOK OF HOURS BEFORE?!?!

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Black Hours (18v/19r); New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 493, c. 1475

So take your normal illuminated book of hours, right? Then make it goth.

These were made by dyeing the vellum with iron gall ink (the same ink usually used for writing). However, iron gall ink disintegrates and flakes over time so these pieces are incredibly fragile. 

"Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane". Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 152 fols, c. 1458

If illuminated manuscripts were already expensive, I can’t even imagine how much one of these puppies cost back in 1490.

Only seven of these lil’ dark books of beauty still exist and are all Flemish in origin (tho the Pierpont Morgan library says that there’s only three bounded books still left, so idk what the exact number is).

Four evangelists miniatures and beginning of the John gospels. From the Sforza black hours, 15th c. Ms 1856, f.32 verso - 33 recto.

Here’s some more info for anyone interested.

[ecotone99]

Black Hours, Morgan MS 493

Black Hours, Morgan MS 493. The Morgan Black Hours is an illuminated book of hours produced in Bruges between 1460 and 1480. It is one of seven surviving black books of hours, all originating from Bruges and dated to the mid- to late 15th century. They are named for their unusual dark blueish colourisation, achieved through the expensive process of dyeing the vellum with iron gall ink. The Morgan Black Hours consists of 121 leaves, most containing rows of Latin text written in Gothic minuscule script inscribed in silver and in gold. The pages are typically dyed a deep blueish black, with borders ornamented with flowers, foliage and grotesques. Although considered a masterpiece of Late Gothic manuscript illumination, there are no surviving records of its commission, but its dark tone, expense of production, quality and rarity suggest ownership by privileged and sophisticated members of the Burgundian court. It has been in the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York since 1912. via Blogger https://ift.tt/2Vz2b1B

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The Morgan Black Hours is an illuminated book of hours produced in Bruges between 1460 and 1480. It is one of seven surviving black books of hours, all originating from Bruges and dated to the mid- to late 15th century. They are named for their unusual dark blueish colourisation, achieved through the expensive process of dyeing the vellum with iron gall ink. The Morgan Black Hours consists of 121 leaves, most containing rows of Latin text written in Gothic minuscule script inscribed in silver and in gold. The pages are typically dyed a deep blueish black, with borders ornamented with flowers, foliage and grotesques. Although considered a masterpiece of Late Gothic manuscript illumination, there are no surviving records of its commission, but its dark tone, expense of production, quality and rarity suggest ownership by privileged and sophisticated members of the Burgundian court. It has been in the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York since 1912.