Giacomo Hours

The opulent present from an influential patron of the arts to her husband: gold-decorated prayers in the dress of the Flemish Renaissance for the close confidant of Emperor Charles V, commissioned by Mencía de Mendoza

Gold-decorated splendor in the smallest of spaces: a very personal prayer book for the private use of the Italian princess of the early Renaissance, decorated with full-page miniatures and historiated initials

With personal notes by the tragic claimant to the English throne: an elaborate book of hours in the style of the Bedford Master as a captivating testimony to the pious private life of the French Queen and Queen of Scots

Wonderful book art on the threshold between Gothic and Renaissance: the splendidly illuminated Book of Hours by the influential Marshal of France and royal advisor Pierre de Rohan-Gié

A unique masterpiece of mystical and biblical wisdom for private meditation, lavishly illustrated and illuminated in gold on every page: 229 miniatures and countless drolleries recount the mystical faith experience and mindset of an educated woman of the Middle Ages

Gold-adorned images for an unknown woman: an artistic highlight of the work of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, with a special attention to the veneration of Franciscan and French saints