I got the site all gussied up! Huzzah! I doubled up on my pretty pictures from The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry because its got so much of my favorite blue in it..that man really had money to spend when it came to ordering expensive things!
The Book itself is a generalized calendar (not specific to any year) of church feasts and saints’ days, often illuminated, is a usual part of a book of hours, but the illustrations of the months in the Très Riches Heures are exceptional and innovative in their scope, and the best known element of the decoration of the manuscript. Most of them show one of the duke’s castles in the background, and are filled with details of the delights and labors of the months, from the Duke’s court to his peasants, a counterpart to the prayers of the hours. And Oh Lord if you have not seen any pictures of this beautiful book you should google it..just gorgeous!