Book of hours by Marcello Durazzo

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Parmigianino , portrait of a gallery owner , around 1524, book of hours in left hand

The Book of Hours of Marcello Durazzo (Italian Offiziolo Durazzo is) a miniature codex from the early 16th century Parma . It was created by Francesco Marmitta before 1524.

The codex is written on purple-dyed parchment with gold script and contains several full-page colored miniatures .

Around 1524 he is shown for the first time in the painting by Parmigianino Portrait of a Gallerist . In 1847 the Marchese Marcello Durazzo handed it over to the Biblioteca Civica Berio in Genoa , where it is still today under the signature mr Cf. Arm.1 .

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literature

  • Andrea G. De Marchi (Ed.): Il libro d'ore Durazzo: volume di commento. Modena, 2008