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The Magi
Following the star
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Annunciation to the Shepherds from Lectionary of
Henry II. 1002-1014
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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen) c. 1480 France
Nativity
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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen) c. 1480 France
The Annunciation to the shepherds
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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen) c. 1480 France
The Adoration of the Magi
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Book of Hours (Use of Rouen) c. 1480 France
The Flight into Egypt
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The Psalter of Robert de Lisle is an outstanding
English 14th century illuminated manuscript
including narrative miniatures on the Life of
Christ and other moral and theological drawings
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The Farnese Hours is an illuminated manuscript
created by Giulio Clovio, an artist born in
Croatia who worked in Italy, for cardinal
Alessandro Farnese in 1546. Considered the
masterpiece of Clovio, the book of hours is now
in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library
in New York City. It contains religious stories
(both Biblical and apocryphal), and illustrations
with architectural borders and classical nudes.
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Farnese Hours The Museum of Morgan
The Adoration of the Magi and Solomon Adored by
the Queen of Sheba are among the stories depicted
in a Book of Hours created for Cardinal
Alessandro Farnese during the Renaissance. The
devotional had been owned by clergy and kings
before it came to America. Courtesy of Morgan
Library Museum. Farnese Hours, in Latin.
Illuminated by Giulio Clovio (14981578) Italy,
Rome, dated 1546.
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Farnese Hours The Museum of Morgan
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The cover of the Lindau Gospels, a highlight of
the Morgan collection, is ascribed to the court
school of Charles the Bald, who was Charlemagnes
grandson. Made circa 880, it is an important
example of medieval jeweled binding. Courtesy of
Morgan Library Museum.
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Book of Kells
Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, folio 34 recto of the
Book of Kells, probably from Iona, Scotland,
late eighth or early ninth century.  Tempera on
vellum, Trinity College Library, Dublin.
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Annunciation to the Shepherds Master of the
Houghton Miniatures Emerson White Hours
1470s-early 1480s J. Paul Getty Museum
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome)1515-1530
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome) 1515-1530
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome) 1515-1530
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome) 1515-1530
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome) 1515-1530
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Enluminures de manuscrits Musée de Cluny, Paris
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France, late 15th C. (possibly even early 16th
C) Washington University Libraries
Nativity Probably Parisian, late 15th Washington
University Libraries
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Livre d'Heures de Marguerite d'Orléans, 1430
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Book of Hours of
Henry VII
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) 'Nativity' from
'Hours of Henry VII ca. 1498 Victoria Albert
Museum London
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Adoration of the
Magi, Heures de Louis XII 1498-1499 Paris, Musée
du Louvre
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Jean Bourdichon
Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) 'Flight into Egypt'
1498-9 illuminated manuscript from the Book of
Hours of Louis XII
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521)
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Jean Bourdichon
Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) The Adoration of the
Magi French, Tours-about 1480 1485 Getty museum
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) In the borders of a
page from Hours of Anne of Brittany
Anne as Queen, receives a book in praise of
famous women, painted by Jean Perréal.
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Jean Marot offrant son livre à Anne de Bretagne (
Jean Bourdichon)
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Les Grandes Heures
d'Anne de Bretagne 1500-1508 Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Les Grandes Heures
d'Anne de Bretagne 1500-1508 Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Les Grandes Heures
d'Anne de Bretagne 1500-1508 Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris
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Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521) Les Grandes Heures
d'Anne de Bretagne 1500-1508 Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris
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The Prayer Book of Queen Claude of France (wife
of Francis I), circa 1517
Embroidered book....Whole Book of Psalms circa
1643
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Adoration of the Magi Master of James IV of
Scotland ca. 151525 (16.5 x 11.7 cm
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Text and pictures Internet Copyright All the
images belong to their authors Presentation
Sanda Foisoreanu
2012
Sound George Frideric Handel - For
unto us a child is born
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