[MR] Wikipedia: Hours of Boussu

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble friends,

Today Wikipedia's "Did You Know" section offers a link to a page about *Les*
 *Heures de Boussu* (English: "Hours of Boussu"), a late 15th century
devotional work.

The Book of Hours was created post-1490 for Isabelle de Lalaing, a Belgian
noblewoman. It is a tiny book, around 6 X 4 inches, containing 378 leaves.
Most leaves are richly decorated with flowers, fruits, birds, insects,
animals, angels, zodiac signs and occasional human figures. Among the
illustrations are 26 full-page miniatures depicting saints or
major biblical events.

The work is preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and has been
completely digitized.

Wikipedia offers a page about the Hours of Boussu at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Hours_of_Boussu .

The entire work can be viewed page-by-page including all the fantastic
illustrations at
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55007801k/f1.planchecontact . Hint
to scribes: this book is a great source for illumination ideas.

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge 🦆
Continuing a crusade to keep the original Merry Rose relevant and in
business.