Master of the First Prayer book of Maximilian
Image of The Nativity and Prime
From The London Hours of William Lord Hastings
Late 1470s
Pigments and gold on vellum
165 x 125 mm
MS 54782, ff. 106v-107
The British Library, London
Master of the First Prayer book of Maximilian
Adoration of Kings and Largesse
From The London Hours of William Lord Hastings
Late 1470s
Pigments and gold on vellum
165 x 125 mm
MS 54782, ff. 42v-43
The British Library, London
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (c. 1431 – 13 June 1483) was Lord Chamberlain to King Edward IV
During his reign he was recognized by the greatest peer in the realm,
He was executed for treason by Edward's brother and ultimate successor, Richard III
He was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor, near Edward IV
He is one of the main characters in Shakespeare`s Richard III
Hastings commissioned the Book of Hours from the south Netherlands
As the British Library website makes clear there is some irony in the scene of the Adoration of the Kings who are sent on by King Herod to find the Messiah
Hastings was a staunch protector of Prince Edward and his brother - the young 'princes in the Tower'
He and the two princes stood between Richard Duke of Gloucester and his kingly ambitions
For more on this manuscript see Bodo Brinkmann The Hastings Hours and the Master of 1499
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