Hours of Francis I, 1539–40, French, Paris or Tours, Illuminated manuscript on parchment, bound in leather with gilt, Overall, bound dimensions, confirmed: 8 3/16 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (20.8 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm), Parchment, This is the only extant fully illuminated Book of Hours made for King Francis I (1494–1547, ruled from 1515).The eighteen illuminations in this devotional book feature the Gospels and various scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary
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Hours, Francis I, 1539–40, French, Paris, Tours, Illuminated manuscript, parchment, bound, leather, gilt, Overall, bound dimensions, confirmed, 8 3/16 x 5 3/4 1 1/2, 20.8 14.6 3.8 cm, Parchment, extant fully illuminated, Book, King Francis, I, 1494–1547, ruled, 1515, eighteen illuminations, devotional book, feature, Gospels, various scenes, lives, Christ, Mary
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