Hours of Peter II
Illustration — Peter II in the book The Hours of Peter II is an illuminated book of hours completed in Paris in 1455-57 for Peter II, Duke of Brittany, following the Nantes liturgy. It contains 50 miniatures as well as vignettes in its margins. It is now in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris.
Hours of Peter II
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- 1450
- Language
- Latin
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Illustration — Peter II in the book The Hours of Peter II is an illuminated book of hours completed in Paris in 1455-57 for Peter II, Duke of Brittany, following the Nantes liturgy. It contains 50 miniatures as well as vignettes in its margins. It is now in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris.
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- 1.P., Harthan, John. Stundenbücher und ihre Eigentümer. Herder. 1977. 9783451179075.
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