Mediaeval Book of Hours: Les Tres Riches Heures

by Millard Meiss

The victory of Charles V (1364-1380) against the English, and against his own feudal nobility, marked the beginning of a splendid period in the history of book illumination. During the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, magnificent manuscripts were to emerge from scriptoria all over Europe, and especially in France, to the extent that this period is often referred to as a 'Golden Age of Illumination'. Among the volumes which were to set...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807614041
• ISBN13: 9780807614044
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Braziller (George) Inc.,U.S.
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.