Book of Hours
A Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book made around 1450, probably in France for a lay patron, with its miniatures set in arched frames surrounded by painted floral borders. The four pictures show scenes from the life of Christ and the saints in rich blue, red and gold, with gold leaf backgrounds and acanthus-like scrollwork, offering a designer examples of medieval decorative framing, gilded ornament and jewel-toned palettes.
