Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
The Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century.
It is a very richly decorated Book of Hours, containing prayers to be said by the lay faithful at each liturgical hour of the day.
The Tres Riches Heures consists of 416 pages, of which about half are full page illustrations that are among the high points of International Gothic painting in spite of their small size.
It was natural for a book of hours to contain a calendar, and the illustrations of months in the Tres Riches Heures are filled with details of the delights and labors of the year, from the Duke's court to his peasants, a counterpart to the prayers of the hours. Each illustration is surmounted with its appropriate astrological hemisphere.
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