The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau

by J.J.G. Alexander

"The happiest, sweetest, and liveliest little book imaginable."—John Canaday. Near the end of the fifteenth century, a Flemish artist known only as The Master of Mary of Burgundy painted one of the last illuminated manuscripts for Engelbert of Nassau, a member of the courts of rulers of the Netherlands from Charles the Bold to Philip the Fair. This edition reproduces this magnificent book, now in the Bodlein Library, Oxford, as closely as possible to the original.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Religion

193 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1480

Reviews

[Plum · Rating 5 out of 5]

What beautiful reproduction! This book is as close as you will ever get to owning the real thing.