Heures de Savoie

About this book

Facsimile of the original manuscript written and illuminated in the second quarter of the 14th century. Text is in Latin and French, and features 50 illustrated miniatures. Most likely produced in the atelier of Jean Pucelle between 1334 and 1348. Commissioned by Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy. Later owned by Charles V and Jean, duc de Berry. This facsimile is a fragment of the original manuscript, most of which was lost in a fire in Turin in 1904. -- facsimilefinder.com (viewed February 15, 2017)