Blue pigments
Artists' Materials
Azurite was used in the majority of blue areas on every folio analysed, although the presence or absence of trace amounts of barium, zinc and arsenic suggest the use of different sources or batches of the same pigment. High amounts of barium impurities, in particular, characterise the images attributed to the Painter of Additional 15677. Ultramarine and smalt were identified on one folio each (fols. 15r and 14r respectively). Indigo was also detected in a minority of areas on several folios.
Adoration of the Magi (Hours of the Virgin, Sext)
The Painter of Additional 15677 provided the scene of the Adoration of the Magi within the historiated initial D. A talented associate painted the historiated border. It shows wild men emerging from a cave and running down a hill; one of them confronts a knight-merman in the lower border.
Related content: Book of Hours
- Artists: Associates of the Painter of Additional 15677
- Artists: The Painter of Additional 15677
- Texts and Images: Hours of the Virgin
- Artists' Materials: Blue pigments
- Artists' Materials: Differences in palette
- Artists' Materials: Green pigments and mixtures
- Artists' Materials: Yellow and orange pigments