Il Breviario Grimani nella Biblioteca Marciana di Venezia

Grimani, Domenico, 1460-1523, Lathem, Lievin van, d. 1492 or 3, Meire, Gerard van der, 15th cent, Memling, Hans, 1430?-1494, Ongania, Ferdinando, 1842-1911, Biblioteca nazionale marciana, Catholic Church. Breviary (Ms. Grimani) · 1906 · Venezia : Ferd. Ongania, editore · 18 pictures

This is a 1906 Venetian facsimile publication by Ferdinando Ongania of the Breviario Grimani, a illuminated prayer book in the Biblioteca Marciana, made for Cardinal Domenico Grimani and attributed to Flemish illuminators including Gerard van der Meire, Lievin van Lathem and Hans Memling. The reproduced pages are black-and-white plates of framed miniatures with dense Gothic script, and a designer might take their rich border systems of flowers, acanthus scrolls and architectural frames as models for ornamental layouts.

Grimani, Domenico, 1460-1523 · Illumination of books and manuscripts

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