This is one of my favorite manuscripts.
It was one of the first manuscripts to be illustrated in a more realistic manner. It's starting to break through the stylized Illumination of the 14th century, which relied heavily on visual clues, and focused more on the noble ideal, and pigments were choosen more for thier vaulue than reality. This manuscript brings in a more realistic approach and is the harbinger of the Renaissance in France. It also gives an inside look into the French court at the time. It shows how even the noble life was dependent upon the seasons. It also depicts some medieval sites that still exist in and around Paris that I've been able to visit.
The avril foilo was the inspriation for my recent Griffin Needle Challenge Outfit.
Grriffen Needle Challenge is a sewing competion here in Northshield, where your team of 6 attempt to create an entire outfit within a 24 hour period. More to come about my specfic entry later.
This Manuscript is housed at the Muse Conde in france, and it dosn't have the entire mauscript digitized online.
Update! I found it here. Thank you Annetje!
These Wikipedia pages are a good place to start to find references, or if you want an overview.
The OLL Library has a detailed description of each of the calendar pages.
I found this YouTube video, below, which shows the entire manuscript.
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - All 128 illustrated pages [HD]
And the description from the video, below, is very informative.
If you are intreted in a detailed look at this Manuscript I highly recomend this book!
(it's free on google books!)
The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry.
YIS
~Isabelle~
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