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the art of illumination the limbourg brothers and the belles heures of jean de france duc de berry
one of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the middle ages the belles heures 1405 1408 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 dukes 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 .
hardcover metropolitan museum of art new york 2008 isbn13 9780300136715 isbn10 0300136714
abridged n isbn 13 9780300136715 number in series 1 number of pages 376 publisher yale univ pr release date 62135769600000