Un Livre D’Heures de Jean Sans Peur Duc de Bourgogne (1404-1419)

LEROQUAIS, Chanoine V. Un Livre D’Heures de Jean Sans Peur Duc de Bourgogne (1404-1419)  Georges Andrieux, Paris, 1939

165 x 230mm. Paper self-wraps, glassine cover. 74pp + 16 plates in black and white.  Text in French. A very good copy, the glassine cover is slightly torn in places. Decaled edges.

The Livre d’Heures (Book of Hours) of Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless), Duke of Burgundy, is a richly illuminated manuscript that was created during the early 15th century, specifically between 1404 and 1419, for Jean sans Peur (John the Fearless), the Duke of Burgundy. As a Book of Hours, it is a devotional book intended for laypeople, containing prayers to be recited at the canonical hours of the day.