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Jean de Carpentin's Book of Hours: The Genius of the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book

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In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean de Carpentin, lord of Gravile and a prominent citizen of Normandy. Known as the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book after one of his other masterpieces, this artist and members of his workshop enriched the pages of Carpentin's manuscript with miniatures, historiated initials, and boldly coloured borders in which human figures, monsters and monkeys are framed by twisting branches of acanthus.--

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Jean de Carpentin's Book of Hours: The Genius of the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book 2020, Paul Holberton Publishing, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9781903470954

Hardcover