# Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 27v

- 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: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
- Culture: Flanders, Ghent and Bruges, late 15th century
- Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.256.27.b)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1963.256.27.b/1963.256.27.b_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A great lover of Flemish art, Queen Isabella treasured her many devotional books. This deluxe manuscript was created for her private devotions by highly organized and distinctly talented manuscript painters active in Ghent and Bruges. The Ghent-Bruges school represents the culmination of Flemish book painting, whose main features were the use of rich colors, illusionistic effects, a love of landscape, and a strong sense of visual narrative. Manuscripts produced by this circle of artists are renowned for their border decoration featuring a rich variety of realistically painted flowers, scrolling acanthus leaves, birds, and butterflies.