Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau

Illuminated manuscript

A page from the Hours of Engelbert of Nassau

The Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS. Douce 219–220) is a book of hours in the Dominican Rite, illuminated by the Master of Mary of Burgundy, which was produced in Ghent in the 1470s or 1480s for Engelbert II of Nassau.[1] It is regarded as one of the high-points of Flemish manuscript illumination.

A page from the Hours of Engelbert of Nassau

## References

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1. ^ T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, cat. 18, Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, ISBN 1-903973-28-7

## External links

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* Ms Douce 219, Bodleian website.
* Ms Douce 220, Bodleian website.
* MSS Douce 219-20 In the Bodleian Libraries' Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts

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