He assumed the throne following the death of his father, king james iii, 1451521488, reigned 14601488 at the battle of sauchieburn, a rebellion in which the younger james played an indirect role. The marriage between james iv of scotland and margaret tudor, daughter of henry vii of england, was just such a politcal marriage. Marriage of james iv of scots and margaret tudor history. It marks a highpoint of the late 15th century ghentbruges school of illumination and is now in the austrian national library in vienna osterreichische nationalbibliothek, codex vindobonensis 1897. The book of hours of james iv, king of scots electric scotland. An energetic and popular ruler, he unified scotland under royal control, strengthened royal finances, and improved scotlands position in european politics. Master of james iv of scotland flemish, before 1465 about 1541, master of the dresden prayer book flemish, active about 1480 1515, master of the lubeck bible flemish, about 1485 about 1520, master of the prayer books of around 1500 flemish, active about 1485 to late 1510s, and workshop of master of the first prayer book of maximilian flemish, active about 1475 1515. He was also known as seumas iv stiubhairt, james, duke of rothesay.
Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard. Master of james iv of scotland flemish, before 1465 about 1541. The hours of james iv of scotland, prayer book of james iv and queen margaret or variants. He is generally regarded as the most successful of the stewart monarchs of scotland, but. With miniatures displaying astounding plays of spatial illusionism, the luxurious personal prayer book known as the spinola hours is one of the most visually sophisticated flemish manuscripts of the sixteenth century. James iv 17 march 1473 9 september 15 was the king of scotland from 11 june 1488 to his death. Their marriage culminated in the long planned liason of the houses of habsburg and burgundy. Students examine a book of hours, compare it to the modern dayplanner. The image on this page shows the annunciation, a moment when mary is told by an. After she was widowed, margaret gave the book to her sister mary tudor, queen of france, inscribing it on f.
Master of the dresden prayer book flemish, active about 1480 1515. He was thirty when a small, dumpy thirteenyearold from england, daughter of henry vii, reached scotland for a wedding which a hundred years later would put a scottish king on the english throne. In its content, the book of hours of james iv resembles a medieval prayer book. The book of hours of james iv, king of scots, is rightly regarded as one of the. James succeeded to the throne after his father, james iii, was killed in a battle against rebels.
Book of hours of james iv facsimile ziereis facsimiles. The book of hours of james iv and margaret tudor the book of hours of james iv and margaret tudor macfarlane, leslie 19600101 00. The book of hours of james iv and margaret tudor the. The book of hours of james iv and margaret tudor, innes. Dashing, accomplished, highly intelligent and interested in everything, james iv of scots enjoyed himself with mistresses while manoeuvring to secure a politically useful bride. A book of hours contains a calendar of church holidays, the hours of the virgin, which is a cycle of prayer services devoted to the virgin mary, the office for the dead, and.
His body was lost but his head is buried at st michael wood street, london england. Wedding hours made for bianca maria sforza and maximilian i maximilian i. It covers all aspects of scottish history and culture, especially ones related to religious history. The codex probably dates back to the time of their marriage somewhere between 1477 and 1480. The hours of the virgin mary is the most principle text in the spinola hours. This makes it one of the earliest examples of the new style which was to mark late burgundian. Virgin mary with an apparently fouryearold jesus fol. He assumed the throne following the death of his father, king james iii, 1451521488, reigned 14601488 at the battle of sauchieburn. Book of hours of james iv of scotland, showing the king being. The book of hours of james iv, king of scots, stands at the very pinnacle of this final flowering of the art form, which surpassed by far anything in the monastic tradition in its superlative artistic quality.
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