The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Devotion, Demons and Daily Life in the Fifteenth Century

Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416. About the AuthorRob Dückers teaches Western Art History at Emerson College’s European Center in the Netherlands, where he is also assistant director. He is an expert on manuscript illumination and medieval church treasures, and co-curated the acclaimed 2005 exhibition The Limbourg Brothers. He was a consultant at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, and is a guest curator at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.. Ruud Priem is curator at Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Netherlands

With exquisite new photography, close-up details, and an in-depth discussion of the manuscript, this is the essential volume on a masterpiece.. The text discusses the work’s patron, its artist, and the accomplishments of his contemporaries. Illuminated with spectacular miniatures and borders in glittering gold and splendid colors for Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders, this stunning manuscript is arguably the most beautiful ever produced in the Northern Netherlands. The craftsmanship of the anonymous artist who created it is visible in every extraordinary detail of the many leaves. This stunning volume is published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the Morgan Library in New York .The book presents more than 100 leaves of the manuscript, which contains some of

"magnificent illuminated manuscript catalogue." according to Ivor E. Zetler. This volume is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Morgan Library and the Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmengen. Its centerpiece is the display of about 100 pages of the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves". This famous illuminated manuscript, created around 1magnificent illuminated manuscript catalogue. Ivor E. Zetler This volume is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Morgan Library and the Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmengen. Its centerpiece is the display of about 100 pages of the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves". This famous illuminated manuscript, created around 1440, was commissioned by Catherine of Cleves. magnificent illuminated manuscript catalogue. Ivor E. Zetler This volume is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Morgan Library and the Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmengen. Its centerpiece is the display of about 100 pages of the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves". This famous illuminated manuscript, created around 1440, was commissioned by Catherine of Cleves. 0, was commissioned by Catherine of Cleves. Historical I agree, that this is a wonderful book and the detailed history is excellent. However, I was a little dissapointed in the quality of the coloured plates. In comparing them to the Hours of Catharine of Cleves:by John Plummer, I found the quality was the almost the same, although I was led to belie. "Beautiful Book with a wealth of information" according to Triple L. I bought this as a Christmas present for my mother. We missed the special exhibit at the Morgan Library and I hoped this would make up for it. Mom is thrilled! Aside from providing beautiful copies of the plates from the book of hours, the book also provides a wealth of historical support and bac

Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, and is a guest curator at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.. He was a consultant at the J. He is an expert on manuscript illumination and medieval church treasures, and co-curated the acclaimed 2005 exhibition The Limbourg Brothers. Ruud Priem is curator at Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416. Rob Dückers teaches Western Art History at Emerson College’s European Center in t