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Revision as of 18:41, 25 January 2026
The Hours of Boussu (French: Heures de Boussu), sometimes referred to as the Hours of Isabelle de Lalaing (French: Heures d’Isabelle de Lalaing) is a book of hours made sometime 1490 for Isabelle de Lalaing, an aristocrat in Boussu, present-day Belgium.
History
The book was made for Isabelle de Lalaing, member of the de Lalaing family and widow of Pierre de Hennin, a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The family were lords of Boussu in Hainaut, in present-day Belgium, from which the book derives its name.[1] The book was made sometime after her husband’s death in 1490.[4] After the death of Isabelle, the book remained in private ownership, passing through several hands until it was aquired by Marc Antoine René de Voyer in the 18th century. Through him, it entered the collections of the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris, founded by Marc Antoine René de Voyer, and which since 1934 is part of the French national library.[1]
Description
The book is richly decorated in a style… The illuminator responsible for the decoration was the so-called Master of Antoine Rolin.
It contains 26 full-page miniatures, 40 smaller miniatures and nine historiated initials. All pages have decorated borders, most containing depictions of plants, animals and other drolleries on a golden background.[4]
The book can be tied to Isabelle de Lalaing through a depiction of her in one if the miniatures, kneeling at a prie-dieu; it is also decorated with family coat of arms and a motto: Vous seul (French: Only you).[4] The saints Gery and Waltrude are also prominently mentioned; both can be tied to Boussu itself, where Isabelle lived, and neighbouring Mons. The book measures 160 millimetres (6.3 in) by 112 millimetres (4.4 in) and consists of 378 leaves.[4]
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- Kren, Thomas; McKendrick, Scot, eds. (2003). Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. Getty Research Institute. ISBN 0-89236-703-2.
- Legaré, Anne-Marie (1992). “The Master of Antoine Rolin. A Hainaut Illuminator Working in the Orbit of Simon Marmion”. In Kren, Thomas (ed.). Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and “The Visions of Tondal”. Getty Research Institute. ISBN 9780892362042.
- Marrow, James H. (2006). “Scholarship on Flemish Manuscript Illumination of the Renaissance: Remarks on Past, Present, and Future”. In Kren, Thomas; Morrison, Elisabeth (eds.). Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context: Recent Research. Getty Research Institute. ISBN 978-0-89236-852-5.
