Elizabeth Senault — calligrapher and engraver
- Title:
- Heures nouuelles dédiées a Monseigneur Dauphin, ecrites et grauées par Elisabeth Senault
- Publication/Origin:
- Paris: Chez l'autheur, chez Mr. Frontié, et chez Claude de Hansy, [1685?]
- Description:
- French calligrapher and engraver Elisabeth Senault was trained by her father, engraver and writing master Louis Senault. After his death, she produced private prayer books for the French royal court. This intimate book of hours, in its original blind-stamped binding with silk brocade doublures, is completely engraved. Imitating the intricate illustrations of illuminated manuscript prayer books, Senault embellished her engraved plates with inventive decorative borders, floriated initials, delicate flowers, birds, tiny insects, arabesques, and flourishes.
- Citation:
- Heures nouuelles dédiées a Monseigneur Dauphin, ecrites et grauées par Elisabeth Senault, Paris: Chez l'autheur, chez Mr. Frontié, et chez Claude de Hansy, [1685?], Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed February 21, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4009