Title: [Stundenbuch Herzog Augusts des Jüngeren Codex Guelferbytanus 84.2.1 Augusteus 12°]
Description: "'Remake' of a book of hours from the early 16th century ... Model was a vellum manuscript of a collection of the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel ... Almost all texts of the prayer-book (written in an old form of the German language, related to Dutch and English) are used for the 'Remake.' Motifs of its painted miniatures were used for the design of the 81 picture pages of the remake book ... "--Artist's description.
Subjects: Books of hours, Illustrations, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Catholic Church, Herzog August Bibliothek, Artists' books, Specimens
Places: Germany
People: August Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1579-1666)