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The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (French pronunciation: [tʁɛ ʁiʃz‿œʁ dy dyk də beʁi]; English: The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), or Très Riches Heures, is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of manuscript illumination in the late phase of the International Gothic style.
- Some background: the Limbourg Brothers. Known collectively as the Limbourg brothers, Paul, Jean and Herman de Limbourg were all highly skilled miniature painters active at the end of the 14th century and the beginning of 15th century.
- Their patron: the Duke of Berry. When Philip the Bold died in 1404, the future was uncertain for both the brothers and their uncle, but eventually Philip’s brother—Jean de France, duc de Berry (John, Duke of Berry)—took on the still teenaged boys.
- The Belles Heures. The Belles Heures is a Book of Hours— a very popular book to possess during the late medieval period. A Book of Hours is essentially a prayer book (with prayers and readings for set times throughout a day), and it they typically featured the “Hours of the Virgin” (a set of psalms with lessons and prayers), a calendar, a standard series of readings from the Gospels, the Office for the Dead, the Penitential Psalms, and hymns (or some variation thereof).
- The Tres Riches Heures. Detail, Herman, Paul and Jean de Limburg, January, from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16, ink on vellum (Musée Condé, Chantilly)
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Nov 15, 2022 · Never liked the Middle Ages? Visit the enchanted world of Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, meaning Very Rich Hours of Duke of Berry!
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages. Commissioned by Jean de France, duc de Berry from the Limbourg brothers, the most gifted artists of their time, it is the only ...
- Folio 19v. The Martyrdom of Saint Mark.
- Folio 22r. The Virgin, the Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus.
- Folio 25v. The Garden of Eden.
- Folio 26r. The Annunciation.
Feb 8, 2012 · The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (or simply the Très Riches Heures) is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, "le roi des manuscrits enluminés" ("the king of illuminated manuscripts").
This treasure of international Gothic art features a mix of Flemish, French, Italian, Oriental and ancient influences. From the time it was acquired by the Duke of Aumale in 1856, the book acquired a celebrity that is now worldwide, making it an icon of the Middle Ages. See its pages here: https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/22470/canvas/canvas ...
