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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 3193385, member: 14916&quot;]During the Middle Ages, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours" rel="nofollow">Books of Hours</a> were very much liked manuscripts for very rich people. They were written by hand and decorated with beautiful illustrations (so called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript" rel="nofollow">illuminated manuscripts</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Books of hours are devotional books that are also used by secular people.</p><p><br /></p><p>When around 1455 Gutenberg introduced printing in Europe, the demand for these books of hours grew. Because full color printing was not possible yet (until the 19th century), a kind of hybrid solution was developed. The text and b/w pictures were printed and the capitals and illustrations were still painted by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the late 1400&#039;s, Paris became a large production site for these books. The brothers <a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/heritage/archives/picture-this/a-herculean-task-french-publisher-gilles-hardouyn-and-his-sixteenth-century-books-of-hours/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/heritage/archives/picture-this/a-herculean-task-french-publisher-gilles-hardouyn-and-his-sixteenth-century-books-of-hours/" rel="nofollow">Germain and Gilles Hardouyn</a> (Hardouin) were important makers of these books. Gilles was the publisher and Germain the illustrator. Most of their books of hour were printed on vellum (lamb or calf skin). Books like this were still not available for common people, but only for the very rich.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my collection I have 6 pages of different editions of these books of hours.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Printers mark of the brothers Hardouyn</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296027[/ATTACH] Nice Capital in French edition</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296028[/ATTACH]</p><p>Borders with great details, still depicting Medieval times, but Renaissance style </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296029[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296030[/ATTACH] Some capitals are painted in gold</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296031[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296032[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296033[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296034[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a later version, printed in a Latin font and not in a Gothic one</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296035[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]296036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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