A report on Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, Black books of hours and Book of hours

Office of the Dead, folios 121v–122r; the manuscript's closing leaves
Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, Pentecost, Folios 18v, c 1475–80. Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Each folio 170 x 122 mm
Opening from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, c. 1440, with Catherine kneeling before the Virgin and Child, surrounded by her family heraldry. Opposite is the start of Matins in the Little Office, illustrated by the Annunciation to Joachim, as the start of a long cycle of the Life of the Virgin.
Pentecost, folios 18v–19r, c. 1460–75. Morgan Library & Museum, New York. Each folio measures 170 × 122 mm.
Black Hours, Hispanic Society, New York, c 1458
An early 15th-century French book of hours (MS13, Society of Antiquaries of London) open to an illustration of the 'Adoration of the Magi'. Bequeathed to the Society in 1769 by the Revd Charles Lyttleton, Bishop of Carlisle and President of the Society (1765-8).
Massacre of the Innocents, folios 62v–63r; Hours of the Virgin
Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza; f32v, 33r. The Evangelists and John Gospels
Example of a more affordable and thus more common book of hours: Excerpt from a "simple" Middle Dutch book of hours. Made in the 2nd half of the fifteenth century in Brabant.
The Flight into Egypt, Folios 66v–67r
Folios from the "Hours of Mary of Burgundy", c 1477
Even this level of decoration is richer than those of most books, though less than the lavish amounts of illumination in luxury books, which are the ones most often seen reproduced.
The Crucifixion, folios 14v–15r; Calendar: Hours of the Cross
van Reynegom Book of Hours, ca. 15th century, collection Royal Library of Belgium & King Baudouin Foundation
Folios. 9v–10r. Calendar: August (conclusion), opp: Calendar: September
Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, Pentecost, Folios 18v/19r, c. 1475–80. Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Folio 9r: Calendar: August
A full-page miniature of May, from a calendar cycle by Simon Bening, early 16th century.
Folio 38v: Hours of the Virgin: Matins (conclusion)
The lavish illusionistic borders of this Flemish book of hours from the late 1470s are typical of luxury books of this period, which were now often decorated on every page. The butterfly wing cutting into the text area is an example of playing with visual conventions, typical of the period. (Among the plants are the Veronica, Vinca, Viola tricolor, Bellis perennis, and Chelidonium majus. The lower butterfly is Aglais urticae, the top left butterfly is Pieris rapae. The Latin text is a devotion to Saint Christopher).
Folio 28v: Mass of the Virgin (conclusion)
Example of a French-Latin book of hours. The miniatures have didactical purposes. Excerpt from the Book of Hours of Alexandre Petau. Made in the 16th century, Rouen.
Folio 93v: Raising of Lazarus, Office of the Dead (vespers)
The Visconti Hours
Folio 104v: Office of the Dead: Matins (first nocturns)
Calendar page from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves for June 1–15.
Folio 38r: Hours of the Virgin: Matins
Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux: Arrest of Jesus and Annunciation
Folio 91r: Penitential Psalms and Litany
Book of hours of Simone de Varie, portrait of the owner and his wife
Book of Hours, British Library, the Arrest of Christ
Scenes from the Life of Christ and Life of the Virgin in the same book
Book of Hours, 1420-1450, Bruges, from the collections of the National Library of Israel
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry A Funeral Service
Bedford Hours; building the Tower of Babel
Book of Hours of Étienne Chevalier: Deposition by Jean Fouquet
Farnese Hours: Adoration of the Magi and Solomon Adored by the Queen of Sheba
The Visitation, 1440–45
Printed Bulgarian book of hours, 1566
The Golf book c.1540 by Simon Bening in the British Library
Llanbeblig Hours. St. Peter, holding a key and a book
The beginning of Ave Maria in historiated letters in Heures de Charles d'Angoulême
Saint Lifard with a dragon in the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany by Jean Bourdichon

The Black Hours, MS M.493 (or the Morgan Black Hours) is an illuminated book of hours completed in Bruges between 1460 and 1475.

- Black Hours, Morgan MS 493

Black books of hours are a type of luxury Flemish illuminated manuscript books of hours using pages of vellum that were soaked with black dye or ink before they were lettered or illustrated, for an unusual and dramatic effect.

- Black books of hours

It is one of seven surviving black books of hours, all originating from Bruges and dated to the mid-to-late 15th century.

- Black Hours, Morgan MS 493

Some of the miniatures in the books, notably in the Morgan library Black Hours, are linked to a follower of Willem Vrelant due to stylistic resemblance to faces from some of his known works.

- Black books of hours

Black Hours (1460–1475): New York, Morgan Library, Morgan MS 493 — an example of Black Hours, codices copied on black pages

- Book of hours
Office of the Dead, folios 121v–122r; the manuscript's closing leaves

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Folios from the "Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza". Celebration of the Mass

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza

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Folios from the "Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza". Celebration of the Mass
Folio 27v: Celebration of Mass
Folio 38
Folio 61

The Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, M 1856 is an illuminated book of hours, now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Codex Vindobon.

Its name derives from its black borders and dark colour scheme, also found in the New York Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, and of a type favoured by the Burgundian court.

It is one of about seven surviving black books of hours, all luxury books from the circle of the Burgundian court around this time.