The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

Author: Plummer, JohnBrand: George BrazillerEdition: RevisedFeatures: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 360Release Date: 17-09-2002Details: When this magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, it is available once again. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful illustrations of the Bible ever made. Many of the great scenes from the Old Testament and many more from the New Testament are included, besides the Stations of the Cross and portraits of the saints. The work of an unidentified Dutch master painter, the manuscript was made for Catherine of Cleves on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of Guelders. All the 157 surviving miniatures are reproduced to actual size and in exquisite color with gold, together with three samples of pages containing the Latin