The Hours of Isabella Stuart
Hours of the Virgin and scenes from the Apocalypse
Texts and Images
The Hours of the Virgin, the core text in Books of Hours, received a large miniature for each of its eight canonical hours of prayer. The miniatures show events in the Virgin’s life. Every page has a marginal miniature from the cycle illustrating the Apocalypse.
Visitation (Hours of the Virgin, Lauds)
The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth is set within a steep landscape, framed by rugged outcrops, rising towards the horizon and surmounted by fairy-tale castles. These are among the Giac Master’s characteristic motifs. The marginal scene illustrates the Apocalypse cycle. The arms of Isabella Stuart have been added to the border.