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Book of Hours of Simon de Varie

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Summary

Book of Hours of Simon de Varie is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 112 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #55 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Jean Fouquet[3], Dunois Master[4], Master of Jean Rolin II[5]
  • Instance of: book of hours[6]
  • Commissioned by: Simon de Varie[7]
  • Collection: KB, nationale bibliotheek[8]
  • Inventory number: KW 74 G 37[9], KW 74 G 37a[10]
  • Location: KB, nationale bibliotheek[11]
  • Commons category: Book of hours of Simon de Varie[12]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[13]
  • Catalog code: 31177864X[14], 311778631[15]
  • Inception: January 1, 1455[16]
  • Publication date: 1455[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Book of hours of Simon de Varie[18]
  • Commons gallery: Hours of Simon de Varie[19]
  • Work available at URL: https://galerij.kb.nl/kb.html#/nl/devarie1/page/4/zoom/3/lat/-74.30735341486248/lng/-66.97265625[20], https://galerij.kb.nl/kb.html#/nl/devarie2/page/7/zoom/3/lat/-69.7181066990676/lng/-128.32031249999997[21], http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=urn:gvn:TOPSTUK:0031[22]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kb.nl/en/themes/middle-ages/book-of-hours-of-simon-de-varie[23], https://www.kb.nl/themas/middeleeuwen/getijdenboek-van-simon-de-varie[24], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1450.html[25], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1451.html[26], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1452.html[27], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1453.html[28], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1454.html[29], https://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1451-500/1french/00f_1455.html[30]
  • Number of pages: 99 folio[31]
  • Described by source: kb.nl[32]
  • Title: Getijdenboek van Simon de Varie[33], Simon de Varie Kneeling in Prayer[34]
  • Height: 116 millimetre[35]
  • Width: 85 millimetre[36]
  • Typeface/font used: Bastarda[37]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Collection highlights of the KB, national library of the Netherlands[38]
  • Copyright status: public domain[39]
  • Digitised by: KB, nationale bibliotheek[40]

Why It Matters

Book of Hours of Simon de Varie has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Jean Fouquet public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . opc-kb.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 7756008-5
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, da, uk, ro, ru, it */ Replace the Dutch English label with the en:Book of Hours of Simon de Varie title, add aliases from that article and the Commons cat"
  2. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+85'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Book of hours of Simon de Varie
    Digitised by → KB, nationale bibliotheek
    Commissioned by → Simon de Varie
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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