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| Keywords: Germain Hardouyn - Book of Hours - Walters 9282.jpg The last page of this Book of Hours holds a rebus a riddle created from images In this case it was meant to help one memorize a prayer to the Virgin Mary The reader pieced together the intended text from the sound of the words represented by the image although here the text is given as well Word and image play together for instance when the French word de of is intended a picture of dice dé is shown 1525 Renaissance woodcut print on parchment between red velvet cm 15 accession number 92 82 26617 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1894 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1894 Prayers in Code Books of Hours from Renaissance France The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2009 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license 2D Books in the Walters Art Museum Germain Hardouyn Rebus | ||||
