………………………… from two car-boot sales.
My eyes zoomed in on this little book, laying on top of a box of books at the first car boot sale. It rung a bell…………..
…………and I knew where from – a blog post from Photos in Advent 2020 and a picture from one of my Christmas books.
This bit below is what I put on the blog almost 3 years ago……………….
” Très Riches Heures is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, “le roi des manuscrits enluminés” (“the king of illuminated manuscripts”). It is a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations.
It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean Duc De Berry and finished by Jean Colombe between 1485-1489. “
The text beside the picture says “In the depths of winter, greenery brought hope of renewed life, although this farm has yet to be decorated.”
(The picture is actually from the February page so that’s why there is no greenery for Christmas the author of the medieval Christmas book could have found that out as I did 3 years ago and have had it confirmed by the new book! )
So my little find is a book that explains all about the paintings done in the mid 1400’s for the Duc de Berry and has all the others for each month of the year.
I think I’ll be using the photos on the first of the month posts all next year.
BUT then, a week later, I found this book
As well as being illustrated using Kate Greenaway’s drawings of children from the Victorian era it also has a special painting for each month by Eugene Grasset.
Another idea for first of the month posts.
You just never know what treasures will turn up at a boot sale for £1.50!
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Sue
