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| #809441 in Books | J. Paul Getty Museum | 2005-08-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x.60 x6.75l,1.22 | File type: PDF | 134 pages | ||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| A gem in every way|By Terry94705|I've recently purchased several books on illuminated manuscripts and so far this is my very favorite. The pictures are large and clear, the colors are wondrous. For each illumination a small detail is shown slightly magnified so that you can appreciate the brushwork. Most of the selections are French and many are by Jean Fouquet, a true maste|About the Author||Fanny Faÿ-Sallois is a historian and iconographer. Dominique Ponnau is the director of the Louvre School.|
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 fruit...
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