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book of hours: Quick Facts

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The illustration for May from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limbourg brothers, 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
Illuminated manuscript The Gould Hours by Marc Coussin open to pages with Latin script, intricate floral borders, and a colorful religious scene in a decorated frame.
Portable book of hours, designed to hang from a girdle or belt, c. 1450 (binding, 16th century).
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Medieval illumination of Gemini shows two nude, youthful figures standing together under two stars, one holding a sickle and the other a lyre, against a deep blue background.
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“Joshua and the Fall of Jericho” from Flavius Josephus' Antiquités judaïques, manuscript illuminated by Jean Fouquet, c. 1474; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Fr. 247)
Jean Fouquet
French painter
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Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
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Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
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Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Pucelle, Jean: The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux
Jean Pucelle
French artist