Description of the Great book of hours of Henry the Eighth,
illuminated by Jean Bourdichon of Tours; with 55 plates.

Description

Related Names

Bourdichon, Jean, 1457?-1521?
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Catholic Church.

Language(s)

English ; French ; Latin

Published

[n.p.] Privately printed, 1923.

Subjects

Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Books of hours.

Note

"Of this book only two hundred copies have been privately printed."
Descriptive texts in English or French; reproduced text portions of the ms. Hours in Latin.

Physical Description

27 p., 55 leaves of plates. illus., facsims. 29 cm.

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