The Book of Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans

The Book of Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans Exquisite examples of fifteenth-century French illumination giving a glimpse of life in the Middle Ages. Marguerite d’Orléans is remembered for the Book of Hours that bears her name. The magnificent miniatures are among the most striking of the time but it is the inspired marginalia illustrating aspects of…

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