The Hours of Philip the Bold
Prayers in French and Latin
Texts and Images
The prayers to be said at Mass or addressed to Christ, the Virgin and saints are illustrated with images of the relevant object of veneration. Prayers written during the original campaign received small miniatures, while those added in the 15th century were illustrated with images of varying sizes and formats.
Philip the Bold praying at an altar with the Crown of Thorns and two reliquaries (suffrage to the Crown of Thorns)
This miniature was painted by the Master of the Grandes Heures. The Crown of Thorns was one of the most precious relics acquired in the 13th century from Constantinople and the Holy Land by King Louis IX who built the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris to house them.