Les Enluminures offers one of the largest and most wide-ranging inventories of Books of Hours in the world.
Our Spring Books of Hours Update gathers a group of impressive and richly illuminated manuscripts from a range of countries. Highlights include the Hours of Johannes Meckis, a sumptuous manuscript made for a nun who is depicted within the pages, and a ravishing Horae by one of the leading illuminators in Paris at the time of English occupation.
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
, Southern Netherlands, Bruges, c. 1480 illuminated manuscript on parchment. 6 full-page miniatures by a follower of Loyset Liédet and the Master of Edward IV, 41 small miniatures by a follower of Willem Vrelant. Read more
Book of Hours (use of Geert Groote)
Book of Hours (use of Geert Groote)
, The Netherlands, South Holland, c. 1470 and 1490s Illuminated manuscript on parchment. 3 full-page miniatures by a follower of the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures and the Monkey Master Read more
Book of Hours (for use in the region of Marchiennes)
Book of Hours (for use in the region of Marchiennes)
, Northern France, Hainaut (Valenciennes?), c. 1500 illuminated manuscript on parchment. 4 full-page miniatures, 27 small miniatures and one historiated initial attributed to the Master of Marguerite de Liedekerke Read more
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
, Northern Italy, Lombardy, Milan, c. 1430-40 Illuminated manuscript on parchment. 13 historiated initials by the workshop of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum Read more
Book of Hours (Use of Chartres)
Book of Hours (Use of Chartres)
, France, Chartres, c. 1470-1480 illuminated manuscript on parchment. 4 large miniatures Read more