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Treasure of Hours: Selections from Illuminated Prayer Books (Paperback, 2005)

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During the Middle Ages, kings and nobility frequently commissioned the greatest artists of their day to illustrate - or illuminate - their personal prayer books. Intended for private reading and meditation, these so-called books of hours were arranged, in keeping with the practice of the Church, so that particular prayers were read at specific times of the day. To our enduring enchantment, the artists who illustrated these books entwined delicate flowers, beautiful fruits, and fanciful creatures with depictions of activities appropriate to each month of the year and with moving illustrations depicting stories from the lives of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the saints. Presented here are carefully selected pages from over a dozen precious fourteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts - most of which have never been published before - found in some of the world's leading museums and libraries. Arranged and described to guide the viewer's eye, these delightful and colourful illustrations invite readers, young and old, to immerse themselves in the medieval imagination. Also included are a glossary and a short history of the noble personages who commissioned the works and the artists who produced them. J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
ISBN-13
9780892368198
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95170614

Product Key Features

Book Title
Treasure of Hours: Selections from Illuminated Prayer Books
Author
Not Available
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Calligraphy
Publication Year
2005
Number of Pages
128 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
241mm
Item Width
171mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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