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Article: Limbourg Brothers: Tres Riches Heures, October. (Masterpiece of the Month).
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- Instructor (1990)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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About the Artwork * Duke Jean de Berry of 15th century France was the greatest art lover of the medieval world. He owned an impressive collection of beautiful handmade books, including Tres Riches Heures, a work he commissioned. This illuminated manuscript is a classic example of a "book of hours," or personal book of prayer. It contained a calendar, as well as texts for worship, prayers, psalms, and masses. Pictured below and in the pull-out poster is October, one page from this manuscript.
In the piece, a peasant on horseback pulls a harrow made heavier with a stone, breaking up and leveling the plowed ground. The peasant in blue sows seeds from his white ...