Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry or Très Riches Heures is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, "le roi des manuscrits enluminés" ("the king of illuminated manuscripts"). It is a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations.

It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean, Duc de Berry . They left it unfinished at their (and the Duke's) death in 1416. Charles I, Duke I of Savoy commissioned Jean Colombe to finish the paintings between 1485-1489.

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  Folio 19v
  The Martyrdom of Saint Mark
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  Folio 22r
  The Virgin, the Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus
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  Folio 25v
  The Garden of Eden
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  Folio 26r
  The Annunciation
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  Folio 26v
  David Foresees the Coming of Christ
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  Folio 27v
  David Imagines Christ Elevated Above All Other Beings
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  Folio 28r
  David Foresees the Preaching of the Apostles
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  Folio 29r
  The Ark of God Carried into the Temple
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  Folio 31r
  David Foresees the Mystic Marriage of Christ and the Church
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  Folio 32r
  The Sons of Core Thank God for Their Salvation
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  Folio 34r
  The Last Judgement
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  Folio 34v
  Christ in Glory
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  Folio 35v
  The Building of the Jerusalem Temple
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  Folio 37v
  The Baptism of Saint Augustine
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  Folio 38v
  The Visitation
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  Folio39r
  God Reigns Over All the Earth
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  Folio 39v
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  Folio 40v
  The Three Hebrews Cast into the Fiery Furnace
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  Folio 41v
  God in Majesty
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  Folio 43v
  The Archangel Gabriel Appears to Zachary
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  Folio 44v
  The Nativity
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  Folio 45r
  David Plays the Harp
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  Folio 45v
  The Messiah' Dominions
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  Folio 46v
  David Beseeches God Against Evildoers
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  Folio 48r
  The Annunciation to the Shepherds
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  Folio 48v
  Psalm CXIX
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  Folio 49v
  Building in Jerusalem
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  Folio 51v
  The Meeting of the Magi
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  Folio 52r
  The Adoration of the Magi
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  Folio 52v
  Prayer of David
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  Folio 53r
  Prayer of David
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  Folio 54v
  The Purification of the Virgin
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  Folio 55r
  Psalm CXXV
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  Folio 55v
  Psalm CXXVI
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  Folio 56r
  Psalm CXXVII
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  Folio 57r
  The Flight into Egypt
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  Folio 59v
  The Visitation
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  Folio 60v
  The Coronation of the Virgin
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  Folio 61v
  Psalm XLII
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  Folio 62r
  Psalm CXXVIII
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  Folio 62v
  Psalm CXXX
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  Folio 63r
  The Presentation in the Temple
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  Folio 65r
  Psalm VI
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  Folio 65v
  David and Nathan
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  Folio 66v
  Psalm XXXVII
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  Folio 67v
  David Entrusts a Letter to Uriah
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  Folio 68v
  An Attack on a City
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  Folio 70r
  De Profundis
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  Folio 70v
  Psalm CXLII
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  Folio 71v
  The Procession of Saint Gregory
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  Folio 72r
  The Procession of Saint Gregory
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  Folio 75r
  The Man of Sorrows
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  Folio 79r
  Pentecost
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  Folio 82r
  Job Mocked by His Friends
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  Folio 84r
  Psalm CXXXVII
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  Folio 85r
  Psalm CXLV
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  Folio 86v
  The Funeral of Raymond Diocrès
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  Folio 88r
  Psalm VII
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  Folio 90v
  The Horseman of Death
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  Folio 91v
  Psalm XXIV
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  Folio 92v
  Psalm XXVI
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  Folio 95r
  David's Victory
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  Folio 96r
  Psalm XXXIX
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  Folio 97v
  Psalm XLI
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  Folio 100v
  The Penance of David
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  Folio 101v
  Psalm LXIV
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  Folio 103v
  Hezekiah's Canticle
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  Folio 108r
  Lucifer - torturing souls as well as being tortured himself in hell
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  Folio 109v
  The Baptism of Christ
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  Folio 113v
  Purified souls in Purgatory
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  Folio 122v
  The Apostles Going Forth to Preach
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  Folio 126r
  Paradise
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  Folio 129v
  The Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist
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  Folio 133v
  The Revealing of the True Cross
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  Folio 137r
  The Presentation of the Virgin
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  Folio 141v
  A Plan of Rome
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  Folio 142v
  Christ in Gethsemane
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  Folio 143r
  Christ Led to the Praetorium
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  Folio 144r
  The Flagellation of Christ
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  Folio 146v
  Christ Leaving the Praetorium
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  Folio 147r
  The Road to Calvary
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  Folio 147v
  Judas Hangs Himself
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  Folio 150r
  Psalm XXI
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  Folio 152r
  The Crucifixion
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  Folio 153r
  The Death of Christ
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  Folio 153v
  Psalm LXVIII
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  Folio 156v
  The Deposition
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  Folio 157r
  The Entombment
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  Folio 157v
  Psalm LVI
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  Folio 158r
  The Christmas Mass
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  Folio 161v
  The Temptation of Christ
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  Folio 164r
  The Canaanite Woman
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  Folio 166r
  The Exorcism
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  Folio 168v
  The Feeding of the Multitude
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  Folio 171r
  The Raising of Lazarus
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  Folio 173v
  The Entry into Jerusalem
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  Folio 182v
  The Resurrection
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  Folio 184rv
  The Ascension
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  Folio 186r
  Pentecost
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  Folio 188r
  Christ Blessing the World
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  Folio 189v
  The Communion of the Apostles
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  Folio 191v
  The Madonna and the Child
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  Folio 193r
  The Exaltation of the Cross
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  Folio 195r
  The Mass of Saint Michael
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  Folio 197r
  The Pope and His Cardinals
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  Folio 199v
  A Funeral Service
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  Folio 201r
  The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
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  Adoration of the Magi
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  Three kings
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  Folio 000v
  Anatomical Man
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  Saint John on Patmos
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  Saint Luke
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  Saint Matthew

Labors of the Months

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  “Labors of the months”
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  January: The Duke's household exchanges New Year gifts - the Duke at right in a blue robe.
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  February: A typical winter's day. Some peasants warm themselves by the fire, another peasant chops wood, and still another goes to market.
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  March: Sowing the field. In the background is the Château de Lusignan, a residence of Jean de Berry.
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  April: A young couple exchanging rings. In the background is the Château de Dourdan.
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  May: Young nobles riding in a procession. In the background is the Palais de la Cité in Paris.
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  June: Harvest. In the background is the Hôtel de Nesle, the Duke's Paris residence
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  July: The shearing of the sheep. In the background is the Château de Clain near Poitiers
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  August: Falconry, with the Duc's Château d'Étampes in the background.
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  September: The harvest of the grapes. In the background is the Château de Saumur.
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  October: Tilling the field. In the background is the Louvre.
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  November: The autumn harvest of acorns, on which pigs are feeding.
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  December: A wild boar hunt. In the background is the Château de Vincennes.
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  January - Detail
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  April - Detail
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  Man and woman shearing sheep
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  Two women raking hay
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  October - Detail
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  December - Detail