Exhibition Spotlight: Episode 3, Deciphering the Margins of an enchanting Ghent-Bruges Book of Hours
March 17, 2022In this episode, Sandra Hindman explores the wonderful and whimsical delights that pack the margins of this lavishly illuminated Book of Hours. Most of the marginalia here appear intended to amuse and entertain, and they do so with consummate skill. However, in a few cases they offer an extra dimension. The center and the margin join forces, one enhancing the meaning of the other.