The Bedford Hours (The British Library) - Softcover

Janet Backhouse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071230231X ISBN 13: 9780712302319

Publisher: The British Library, 1990

Synopsis

The Bedford Hours is one of Britain's major treasures. An outstanding example of late medieval manuscript art, it was written and illuminated in the early 15th century for John, Duke of Bedford, younger brother of King Henry V, and his wife, Anne of Burgundy. The principal artist of the leading Parisian workshop in which it was produced takes his name, the "Bedford Master," from his English patron. Expertly planned and professionally executed, the Bedford Hours is celebrated for the enormous range of its pictorial scheme, with many superb large miniatures in brilliant colours, and almost 1250 exquisite marginal details. Here Janet Backhouse examines the overall design of the Hours, discussing the historical background to its production and ownership, with 60 colour and black-and-white plates showing full pages and details beautifully reproduced from the manuscript. Janet Backhouse is curator of illuminated manuscripts at The British Library.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Backhouse was curator of illuminated manuscripts at The British Library. She is the author of many books, includingThe Illuminated Manuscript,The Lindisfarne Gospels,Books of Hours,The Becket Leaves andThe Luttrell Psalter.

About this edition

• Publisher: The British Library
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 071230231X
• ISBN 13: 9780712302319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64