Our picture of the Middle Ages, created by the Limbourg brothers for the Duke of Berry: one of the most beautiful, valuable, and famous manuscripts in the world

The magnum opus of the famous Bedford Master: one of the most richly and beautifully illuminated manuscripts of all time

The "greatest" high point of Flemish illumination: 1600 fabulous pages decorated by Gerard David, Simon Bening, Gerard Horenbout, and other masters

One of the most beautiful books of hours in the history of illumination and simultaneously a herbolarium: miniatures like panel paintings created by the great Jean Bourdichon for the Queen of France

Enchanting grisaille miniatures by Jean Pucelle: a great masterpiece in small format for the Queen of France

Black parchment and luminous colors commissioned by Charles the Bold: one of only a handful of surviving black manuscripts

The beginning of a new era in book illumination: masterful, full-page miniatures in a lavishly illuminated book of hours

Created by Giovannino de 'Grassi and Belbello da Pavia: an illuminated prayer in two volumes for the Duke of Milan

700 pages with over 1,200 miniatures: an opulent work of art by Jean Colombe for the French governor and lord protector

All in purple and gold: the only surviving royal prayer book from the Ottonian period

Italian Renaissance art in filigree perfection: the wedding gift from Lorenzo the Magnificent to his eldest daughter Lucrezia

Radiant miniatures, luminous borders, and gold initials on black colored parchment: one of only seven black manuscripts that have survived to this day

Furnished with 121 wonderful miniatures and one of the most beautiful calendars from his hand: Simon Bening's early and brilliantly illuminated masterpiece

A splendid book treasure even after its division: Jan van Eyck's fabulous masterpiece for Jean Duc de Berry

All in gold and purple: one of the last and most beautiful purple manuscripts of the Late Middle Ages