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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  A Treasury of Hours: Selections from Illuminated Prayer Books
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 colorful 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. Book News Annotation:A selection of the sumptuous painted pages of late medieval books of
hours is reproduced in this small volume designed for the popular
reader. Each plate is accompanied by a short, general description of
the saint or scene depicted. First published in French in 2002, by
Desclée de Brouwer, the volume contains brief descriptions of the
books excerpted and a short bibliography, but no index.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorFanny Fa�-Sallois is a historian and iconographer. Dominique Ponnau is the director of the Louvre School. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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