Cursus beatissimae virginis Mariae secundum ordinem Carthusiensem et aliae orationes
A devotional prayer book of the Carthusian Office of the Virgin Mary, dated 1450 and held by a Swiss library, probably made for monastic or lay devotional use. Its four hand-coloured woodcuts show scenes from the life of Christ and Mary, with bold outlines, flat areas of colour in red, green, yellow and blue, and an unpolished, handmade look a designer could borrow for rustic, early-print textures.
