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.
St Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar (suffrage to St Mary Magdalene)
This 15th-century miniature was cut out of a Dutch manuscript and pasted onto the page. Then the border around it was painted by Marc Caussin, an artist documented in Valenciennes in 1432-1479.