Hours of Angers
The Hours of Angers or Hours for the Angers usage is a type of medieval book of Hours. It is used to follow the rite of the canonical hours as practised in Anjou in general and Angers in particular. Examples are held by the Bodleian Library, as well as the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Fitzwilliam Museum. • Illustration — A page from the book In 2005, a copy was offered for sale at an auction in Epernay; the book was described as being created in 1510, originally decorated with twelve paintings.
Hours of Angers
Master of Jouvenel des Ursins · Public domain
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- Master of Jouvenel des Ursins
- Language
- Latin
- Material
- vellum
- Held by
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
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The Hours of Angers or Hours for the Angers usage is a type of medieval book of Hours. It is used to follow the rite of the canonical hours as practised in Anjou in general and Angers in particular. Examples are held by the Bodleian Library, as well as the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Fitzwilliam Museum. • Illustration — A page from the book In 2005, a copy was offered for sale at an auction in Epernay; the book was described as being created in 1510, originally decorated with twelve paintings.
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In 2005, a copy was offered for sale at Sotheby’s in London, with an estimated value of £1,800; three years later another copy was offered for sale with an estimated value of £20,000.
It is recorded as the work of Master of Jouvenel des Ursins. Materials recorded for it are vellum. It is recorded in the collection of Bibliothèque nationale de France.
L'Annonciation Heures à l'usage d'Angers, enluminure du Maître de Jouvenel, Angers, vers 1450 (?) Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, NAL 3211, fol. 35.
Master of Jouvenel des Ursins
Heures à l'usage d'Angers; Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, NAL 3211, fol. 241
Jean Fouquet
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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