Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, Alexander Bening, 1495

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. Object Type: book of hours, book. Date: 1495. Place of creation: Flanders, Bruges and Ghent, late 15th century. Dimensions: Codex: 23.5 x 17.3 x 4.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.). Medium: gold, ink, tempera, vellum. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1963.256