The Hours of Philip the Bold

Hours of the Virgin

Texts and Images

Each of the eight Hours of the Virgin, recited daily at the canonical times for prayer, opens with a large miniature depicting an event in the Virgin’s life. The eight miniatures are accompanied by fully illuminated ornamental initials and secular scenes in the lower borders.

Annunciation to the Shepherds with bas-de-page scene of a hare pursued by hounds (Hours of the Virgin, Terce)

This page was illuminated by the Master of the Grandes Heures.

Related content: The Hours of Philip the Bold