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The Hours of Isabella Stuart. Folio 24 r. ... The Hours of Philip the Bold. Folio 24 v.

8-10. Al. 6. Si. 6. O. 24. S. 2-4. ), from lapis lazuli stones mined in Afghanistan.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

Manuscripts in the making. The Hours of Philip the Bold. France, Paris. 1376-1379, 1390; Flanders, Bruges, c.1445-1450 and Brabant, Brussels, 1451. MS 3-1954. Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1363-1404), is said to have recited his prayers daily

i modern parchment flyleaf, 250 x 180 mm (163 x 105 mm), 24 long lines, ruled in brown ink (original campaign) or red ink (some 15th-century additions), offsets of some

Manuscripts in the making. Hours of the Virgin. Texts and Images. Each of the eight Hours of the Virgin, recited daily at the canonical times for prayer, opens with a large miniature depicting an event in the Virgin’s life. The eight miniatures

Manuscripts in the making. Master of the Grandes Heures. Artists. A talented associate of the Master of the Bible of Jean de Sy painted nine of the ten large miniatures of the Grandes Heures, together with their bas-de-page scenes, as well as most

Manuscripts in the making. The Hours of Isabella Stuart. France, Angers. c. 1431. MS 62. One of the most extensively illustrated Books of Hours in existence, this volume contains a unique, highly personalised combination of images and texts. It was

Manuscripts in the making. Underdrawing. Artists' Techniques. The extensive underdrawing in brown ink which is revealed in the majority of the illuminations, both through thinly laid colours or paint losses and in the near-infrared images, is

Manuscripts in the making. Assistants of the Rohan Masters. Artists. Several other illuminators assisted the Giac, Rohan and Madonna Masters. The most accomplished among them painted three large miniatures (fols. 119r, 134r, 147r). The Pentecost