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A Note, a Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens & Books of Hours

Portrait of Susanna Lunden,* by Peter Paul Rubens Photo credit:  The National Gallery, London UK *When he was 53, Rubens married 16-year-old Hélène Fourment.  Susanna Lunden, née Fourment, was Hélène’s...

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Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

—  Les Très Riches Heures de Jean de France, Duc de Berry: January Jean de France and the Limbourg brothers Jean Ier de France, Duc de Berry (Jean de Berry; 30 November 1340 – 15 March 1416) was an...

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Books of Hours, a Rich Legacy

Opening from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, c. 1440, with Catherine kneeling before the Virgin and Child, surrounded by her family heraldry. Opposite is the start of Matins in the Little Office,...

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Allegorical Illuminated Manuscripts: Medieval Bestiaries

Illumination from the Ashmole Bestiary, Monoceros and Bear (folio 21r) Dear readers, I was away last weekend (16th  & 17th February), and it slowed me down.  Moreover, there was an extraordinary...

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