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One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the Belles Heures (14051408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its magisterial patron, Jean de France, duc de Berry, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, counted among the duke’s large collection of prized possessions. The luminous scenes depicting the legends of the saints, the Hours of the Virgin, and the like, many with elaborately designed borders, exemplify the transcendent splendor of the Limbourg brothers’ talents.
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One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the Belles Heures (14051408/9) is the only manuscript executed in its entirety by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its magisterial patron, Jean de France, duc de Berry, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, counted among the duke’s large collection of prized possessions. The luminous scenes depicting the legends of the saints, the Hours of the Virgin, and the like, many with elaborately designed borders, exemplify the transcendent splendor of the Limbourg brothers’ talents.
Timothy B. Husband,The Art of Illumination The Limbourg Brothers and the "Belles Heures" of Jean de France, Duc de Berry (Metropolitan Museum of Art),Metropolitan Museum of Art,0300136714,Europe,Books of hours;France;Exhibitions.,Illumination of books and manuscripts, French;Exhibitions.,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic;France;Exhibitions.,Art,Art Art Instruction,Art / European,Art / History / Medieval,Book,Books of hours,Design,Design / Book,European,Exhibitions,France,General Adult,History - Medieval,History of art design styles c 1400 to c 1600,ILLUMINATION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS,Illumination of books and manuscripts, French,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic,Illustration,MEDIEVAL ART,Non-Fiction,Pictorial treatment,UNIVERSITY PRESS,United States,Western Europe
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