Associates of the Painter of Additional 15677
Artists
The Painter of Additional 15677 collaborated with several associates. Two of them painted an historiated initial each. They also provided the landscape or architectural borders around some of the main artist’s miniatures and historiated initials. The more talented associate painted the initial and border on fol. 74r as well as four other landscape borders (fols. 50r, 82r, 85r, 107r). The other associate executed the historiated initial and border on fol. 25r, and further architectural borders. One of them or a third associate painted the border with peacock feathers on fol. 14r. Numerous assistants provided the strewn-flower borders, ornamental initials and line fillers throughout the volume.
Creation of Eve (Hours of the Virgin, Prime)
The historiated initial D shows God creating Eve from Adam’s side. The historiated border depicts the Sibyl showing the vision of the Virgin and Child to Emperor Octavian. The integral landscape unites the scenes within the initial and border. This page was painted by one of the most talented associates of the Painter of Additional 15677.