Da Costa Hours
16th century book of hours illuminated by Simon Bening
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Summary
Da Costa Hours is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #54 of 197).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Simon Bening[3]
- Illustrator: Simon Bening[4]
- Genre: book of hours[5]
- Named after: Álvaro da Costa[6]
- Depicts: Labours of the Months[7]
- Made from material: vellum[8]
- Collection: The Morgan Library & Museum[9]
- Inventory number: M.399[10]
- Commons category: Da Costa Hours - Morgan Lib M399[11]
- Inception: 1515[12]
- Main subject: Labours of the Months[13]
- Work available at URL: https://www.themorgan.org/collection/da-costa-hours/thumbs[14]
- Described at URL: https://www.themorgan.org/collection/da-costa-hours[15], http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/msdescr/BBM0399a.pdf[16]
- Location of creation: Ghent[17]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 23K[18]
- Height: 172 millimetre[19]
- Width: 125 millimetre[20]
- Script style: textura[21]
Why It Matters
Da Costa Hours is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]