"The Missal of St. Adrian's Abbey in Geraardsbergen, a manuscript produced in the early sixteenth century for Abbot Jan van Broedere. It was likely created for the altar of the abbey's Lady Chapel, and one of its miniatures shows the abbot and the presumed patron, Daniel van Boeckhout, kneeling during the Veneration of the Host."
"Les Enluminures describes Books of Hours as the late medieval devotional "best-sellers," and presents this example as a manuscript whose small-scale detail rewards close viewing. A Florentine Book of Hours, Use of Rome, dated to around 1460 to 1475, written in Latin on vellum, contains 19 historiated initials by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico."
"Taken together, the manuscripts offer visitors a chance to see a range of late medieval and Renaissance book art, from a substantial Netherlandish missal to Italian devotional and liturgical works."
EXPO Chicago 2026 will present a curated selection of illuminated medieval manuscripts through Les Enluminures' exhibition titled Past Is Present: Collecting Medieval Art Today. Featured works include the Missal of St. Adrian's Abbey in Geraardsbergen, created in the early sixteenth century for Abbot Jan van Broedere, which displays miniatures of the abbot and patron kneeling during the Veneration of the Host. Additional pieces include an Ascension of Christ miniature from a circa 1450 Lombardy choir book attributed to a follower of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum, and a Florentine Book of Hours from 1460-1475 containing 19 historiated initials by Francesco di Antonio del Chierico. Together, these manuscripts represent late medieval and Renaissance book art spanning Netherlandish and Italian traditions.
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