Book of Hours, Initial 'O' with man trying to catch bees with basket, This Book of Hours was created by the artists known as the Ghent Associates ca. 1490-1500. The manuscript appears to have been originally made for Philip the Handsome, also known as Philip the Fair (1478-1506), duke of Austria, Brabant, and Burgundy, and count of Flanders and Hainaut. Although there are no longer extant miniatures, many of the fifty-one decorated illuminated initials contain images that refer to its prominent owner. Most notably, and some of the many jewels depicted throughout the initials can be traced to jewelry worn by women in his family in portraits, such as his mother, Mary of Burgundy, and his wife, Joanna of Castille.
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