The Hours of Isabella Stuart
Hours of the Virgin and scenes from the Apocalypse
Texts and Images
The Hours of the Virgin, the core text in Books of Hours, received a large miniature for each of its eight canonical hours of prayer. The miniatures show events in the Virgin’s life. Every page has a marginal miniature from the cycle illustrating the Apocalypse.
Flight into Egypt (Hours of the Virgin, Vespers)
The steeply rising landscape and the fairy-tale castles beneath a starry sky are among the Giac Master’s hallmarks. The marginal scene illustrates the Apocalypse cycle. The arms of Isabella Stuart have been added to the border.