Resplendissantes enluminures

5 sept. 2018 — 6 janv. 2019 au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal à Montréal, Canada

25 septembre 2018

Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.

Toute première exposition du MBAM consacrée aux livres d’heures de l’époque médiévale et de la Renaissance, Resplendissantes enluminures offre l’occasion de découvrir un patrimoine méconnu à travers une sélection remarquable d’enluminures et de reliures conservées au Québec, datant du XIIIe au XVIe siècle.

Recueils de prières destinés aux laïcs, les livres d’heures ont été popularisés auprès des fidèles chrétiens. Ces ouvrages manuscrits étaient pour la plupart personnalisés et enluminés de peintures miniatures – les enluminures – illustrant la vie du Christ, des saints ou de la Vierge. Ils se composaient d’un calendrier suivant les fêtes saintes et religieuses, d’extraits d’évangiles et de prières.

Fruit de recherches approfondies, cette exposition réunit près de 50 artefacts (feuillets, manuscrits complets, imprimés) permettant d’admirer de près ces trésors provenant de sept collections.

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM) a été l'un des premiers musées en Amérique du Nord à constituer une collection encyclopédique digne de ce nom. Il compte maintenant plus de 41 000 œuvres de l'Antiquité à aujourd'hui, ce qui le rend unique au Canada.

Musée profile

Location

Montréal, Canada

Founded in

1860

Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.
Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.
Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.

Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.
Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.
Seven miniatures from a breviary. Master of the Échevinage of Rouen. About 1470, Rouen. Sept miniatures taken from a manuscript breviary in Latin for the use of Rouen (?) or of Rome (?). Montreal, McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Purchased by Gerhard R. Lomer, McGill University librarian, at the request of R. Cleveland Morgan, 1927. MS 102/1 to 102/7. Catalogue raisonné: notice no. 25.