Saturday, January 14, 2012

From a Book of Hours: October

The Tres Riche Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry
c. 1410-16
This illumination represents the month of October. Peasants plow the fields on the banks of the Seine. On the opposite bank is the Louvre, before many centuries of renovations.

The Horseman of Death

From The Tres Riche Heures of the duke of Berry c. 1485-89