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.
Adoration of the Magi with bas-de-page scene of kickboots game (Hours of the Virgin, Sext)
The miniature exemplifies the tendency of the Master of the Grandes Heures to leave out architecture, even when the subject-matter requires it, and to include only minimal, essential props. The bas-de-page scene shows the popular medieval game of kickboots.