Das Gebetbuch Karls des Kühnen
Subtitle: The prayer book of Charles the Bold = Le livre de prières de Charles Téméraire
Contributors: Lathem, Lievin van, active 1454-1493; Spierinck, Nicholas, -1545; J. Paul Getty Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Publisher: Faksimile Verlag
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Luzern
Language: lat
ISBN-13: 9783856721107
Subjects: Art patronage; Flemish Illumination of books and manuscripts
Other titles: Prayer book of Charles the Bold; Livre de prières de Charles Téméraire
Description: Small, elegant, prayer book commissioned by Charles the Bold in the 15th century contains 159 folios with 47 color miniatures which is the work of Flemish painter Lievin van Lathem and scribe Nicolas Spierinck.
Notes: Title from colophon of facsimile.

"This Fine Art Facsimile volume is a completely faithful replica of the illluminated manuscript that is preserved in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles under shelf number MS. 37"--Colophon.

Title on commentary: Das Gebetbuch Karls des Kühnen : Ms. 37, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Commentary by Antoine de Schryver, with a foreword by Thomas Kren.