# Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain

- By: Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444–1519)
- By: Associates
- Date: c. 1500
- Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Classification: Bound Volume
- Dimensions: Codex: 23.5 x 17.3 x 4.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Flanders, Bruges and Ghent
- Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.256)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.256/1963.256_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The original owner of this exquisite book of hours was Queen Isabella of Spain, who sponsored Christopher Columbus's exploratory voyage to the Americas. Eventually this book found its way to the New World and was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1963.