Surf these sites: Hypertext Book of Hours -- A useful (and unusual) example of how a Book of Hours was put together. Based on the Latin/English Primer of 1599. Les Petites Heures -- Dozens of illuminations from Jean de Berry''s "Les Petites Heures". (BNF, LAT 18014) Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry -- Information on the famous 15th-century illustrated manuscript, including scanned images of most of the pages. This is the most extensive example of this type of ''virtual book'' that I have seen (click on the links to bring up a list of the folios for each section). Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry -- Contains the full images from the calendar section of "Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry". This book of hours is probably the best-known of its type, painted by the Limbourg brothers for that great art collector, Duke Jean de Berry, in the early 15th century. McMaster Collection, Late 15th Century Book of Hours -- Scanned pages from a late-15th century Book of Hours at McMaster University. Octavo Marginalia: Illuminated Manuscripts -- A discussion of the techniques used for making Books of Hours and other illuminated manuscripts. Also has a link to an order page for a CD-ROM disks which contains detailed scans from a Book of Hours. St. John''s Bean MS 1 -- Photos of several miniatures from a 15th century French Book of Hours, at St. John''s University. St. John''s Bean MS 2 -- Photos of several miniatures from a mid-15th century French Book of Hours, at St. John''s University. St. John''s Bethune Book of Hours -- Excerpts from the Bethune Book of Hours (c 1460) at St. John''s University. St. John''s Gavin Hill MS 1 -- Photos of several miniatures from a late 14th - early 15th century Book of Hours, at St. John''s University St. John''s Gavin Hill MS 2 -- Photos of selected pages from an early 15th century Book of Hours, at St. John''s University University of Illinois'' Book of Hours Virtual Archive -- The University of Illinois'' online archive of pages from various books of hours.
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