The Hours of John the Fearless was an illuminated
book of Hours
The book of hours is a Christian devotional book used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscrip ...
produced in Flanders between 1406 and 1415 for
John the Fearless
John I (french: Jean sans Peur; nl, Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during ...
. It contains 12 illustrated saints' calendars, 28 major miniatures and rectangular and acanthus-leaf borders, all following the Rome liturgy of the Hours. It is now in the
Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.
15th-century illuminated manuscripts
John the Fearless
John I (french: Jean sans Peur; nl, Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during ...
Bibliothèque nationale de France collections
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