The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry by Timothy B. Husband

The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry

Timothy B. Husband

388 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative medium-paced
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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, ...

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