Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans (BNF Latin 1156B)

The Visitation (Luke 1: 39-56), f. 58r.

Colloquial name(s): Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 1156B

Date: between 1426 and 1438 (source), additional marginal decoration c. 1450 (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

This manuscript was made for Marguerite d’Orléans, wife of Richard, Count of Etampes (source). This is indicated by several miniatures which bear their joint coats-of-arms and their monogram "r&m" in the initials (source). The manuscript also contains a dedication miniature showing Margaret of Orleans (source).

The miniatures and ornament in the borders are thought to have been carried out c. 1430 by the Master of Marguerite d’Orléans (source). It is thought that the Master of Marguerite d’Orléans was probably trained in Paris and influenced by the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourg brothers (source). Around 1450, additional decoration was added in the margins by Etienne Sauderat, an artist from the circle of the Bedford Master (source).