Roger S. Wieck

Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Roger S Wieck

ger S. Wieck

William M. Voelkle

K. Michelle Hearne

Jean Poyer

Jean Bourdichon

A product for the royal court of France, 'The Hours of Henry VIII' created around 1500 by Jean Poyet

A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet

The Hours of Henry VIII

Pierpont Morgan Library

This book features 107 of the finest examples of illuminated pages from medieval and Renaissance Books of Hours. Roger Wieck's comprehensive text introduces the Book of Hours -- a "bestseller" for three hundred years -- to the general reader, discussing its iconography, the artists who illuminated this genre, and its role as a religious text in the lives of its owners. As a collection of both stirring words and inspiring images, the Book of Hours thus comprised a series of "painted prayers".

The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art

Painted Prayers

Thomas Kren

Curator of Manuscripts Thomas Kren

Malibu, Calif. J. Paul Getty Museum

A discussion of the popular medieval story of a wealthy knight's dreamlike journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven.

The Visions of Tondal from the Library of Margaret of York

Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Roger S Wieck

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