Spinola Hours Paper Bookmark

Paper bookmark featuring a detail from a work in the collection of the Getty Museum. - Dimensions: 2 inches x 6.75 inches - Material: Card Stock - Item #: GBM62Detail from Mary Magdalene with a Book and Ointment Jar (workshop of the Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian), from the Spinola Hours, about 1510-20, Bruges and Ghent. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 18 (83.ML.114), fol. 264v The written word was an art form in the medieval world. Artisans including calligraphers, scribes, and illuminators worked together to fill the pages of manuscripts with scrolling vines and delicate pen flourishes, often surrounding captivating narratives set within large letterforms. These decorative embellishments reveal the monetary, cultural, and spiritual value placed on handmade books at the time. With miniatures displaying astounding plays of spatial illusionism, the luxurious personal prayer book known as the Spinola Hours is one of the most visually sophisticated Flemish manuscrip