{"id":769,"date":"2021-05-31T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=769"},"modified":"2021-05-31T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:37:07","slug":"using-near-infrared-imaging-researchers-discover-hidden-figure-in-medieval-prayer-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/using-near-infrared-imaging-researchers-discover-hidden-figure-in-medieval-prayer-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Near-Infrared Imaging, Researchers Discover Hidden Figure in Medieval Prayer Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New research using near-infrared imaging has revealed hidden paintings of Yolande of Anjou, first wife of Duke Francis I of Brittany, in a medieval prayer book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Live Science<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports. Scientists at the University of Cambridge, where the book is held in the collection of the\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_fitzwilliam-museum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"fitzwilliam-museum\">Fitzwilliam Museum<\/a>, noticed a darker area on one of the pages. It ultimately proved to be Yolande\u2019s headdress painted over in azurite, which made it stand out from the surrounding ultramarine blue.<\/p>\n<p>A book of hours is an illustrated Christian prayer book that was popular in the Medieval era. Commissioned by the French duchess of Anjou Yolande of Aragon as a wedding gift in 1431, the book belonged to her daughter Yolande of Anjou until her death in 1440.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Duke Francis had Yolande painted over after she died to resemble his second wife, Isabella Stuart of Scotland. Both the original figure of Yolande and the repainted Isabella were shown kneeling in prayer beneath the Virgin Mary. An image of Saint Catherine and Isabella\u2019s coat of arms\u2014the lion rampant of Scotland beside the ermine canton of Brittany\u2014were also added throughout the manuscript.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   alignright size-medium wp-image-1234594267 lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/showing-the-original-underdrawing-with-Virgins-robe-reaching-as-far-as-the-margin-the-kneeling-figure-of-first-wife-Yolande-with-large-headdress-and-without-the-figure-of-St-Catherine..jpg?w=363\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" alt=\"View of the original underdrawing with the virgin's robe reaching the margin with the kneeling figure of first wife Yolande of Anjou with a large headdress.\" width=\"363\" height=\"453\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">View of the original underdrawing with the virgin\u2019s robe reaching the margin with the kneeling figure of first wife Yolande of Anjou with a large headdress.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">COURTESY THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suzanne Reynolds, curator of manuscripts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, told\u00a0<em>Live Science\u00a0<\/em>that the inclusion of St. Catherine of Alexandria \u201cindicates that Isabella may have had a special devotion to this saint.\u201d Researchers believe the manuscript was adapted and personalized for Isabella in preparation for her wedding to Francis in 1442.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most elaborately illustrated books of hours known to survive, the prayer book was passed down to one of Francis and Isabella\u2019s two daughters, Margaret, who added an image of herself kneeling before Mary. This manuscript, featuring over 500 figurative scenes, includes rich shades of blue and red, along with gold leaf, shell gold and silver, and intricate border decorations. The volume\u2019s final private owner, the Anglo-Irish nobleman Robert Fitzwilliam, donated it along with paintings and manuscripts to the Fitzwilliam Museum\u2019s founding collection in 1816.<\/p>\n<p>The book is currently on view in the exhibition \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Human Touch<\/a>\u201d at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England through August 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research using near-infrared imaging has revealed hidden paintings of Yolande of Anjou, first wife of Duke Francis I of Brittany, in a medieval prayer book,\u00a0Live Science\u00a0reports. Scientists at the University of Cambridge, where the book is held in the collection of the\u00a0Fitzwilliam Museum, noticed a darker area on one of the pages. 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