A HUNDRED HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE KONINKLIJKE BIBLIOTHEEK

This is an amazing website with many images that are enlargeable and great descriptions of not one, but several medieval books of hours and other illuminated manuscripts. It includes other works as well. It is very easy to navigate and has both general and specific information on the books, including the history of their evolution. It gives titles, patrons, artists, dates, places, mediums, and numbers of pages, among other information. It also includes productions processes like binding. This site is available in Dutch and English.

I would highly recommend this page for any kind of research on books of hours.

http://www.kb.nl/kb/100hoogte/hh-en.html

These pages are the work of the students enrolled in Art 238, "Art and Medieval Mentalities," taught by Professor Christine Hamza during the Spring Semester, 2003.

The format of this site was last updated:  June 7, 2007.