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<div>Dear Colleagues and Friends,</div>
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<div>Thank you for supporting our initiative to publish
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<div><strong><em>Le livre d'heures enluminé en Bretagne //
</em></strong><strong><em>The Illuminated Book of Hours in
Brittany</em></strong> </div>
<div><strong>Jean-Luc Deuffic</strong></div>
<div>with the collaboration of <strong>Diane Booton</strong> (Boston)</div>
<div>Introduction : <strong>Roger S. Wieck</strong>, Curator Medieval and
Renaissance manuscripts department, Pierpont Morgan library, New York </div>
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<div>A book of private piety par excellence, the book of hours emerged as one of
the best-sellers — one of the most popular works — of the Middle Ages, and in
this respect, it remains an essential source for social and cultural history of
medieval society. This collection of prayers and devotions, linked to the
different hours of the day with its calendar, its litanies of saints, and the
particulars of local liturgy, most often illuminated according to the patron’s
desires, thus opens the doors of a new world to us.</div>
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<div>The proposed publication forms a corpus of nearly <strong>four hundred
manuscripts</strong> connected directly to Brittany, either written for the
specific use of one of the nine Breton dioceses or commissioned or just owned by
Bretons. Whether illuminated by the greatest masters of the period or by local
or itinerant ordinary artisans, in the atelier of the talented Jean Bourdichon
(one thinks of the <i>Grandes Heures</i> of Anne de Bretagne) or in the more anonymous
ateliers of Rennes or Nantes which were very active from the beginning of the
fifteenth century, books of hours invite us to turn the pages of our history.
Scattered throughout the world in the most prestigious libraries or in private
collections, the unique patrimony gathered together here unveils a distinctive
aspect of the history of Brittany, thus contributing to reveal richness less
often explored.</div>
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<div>Each entry contains an accurate physical description of the manuscript with
particular reference to its history, accompanied by a splendid colour
illustration.</div>
<div>Text in French and summary of entries in English.</div>
<div>Approximately 500 pages, measuring 22 x 30 cm., 200 illustrations in colour
and black/white. Softcover or hardback.</div>
<div>Publication : last quarter 2016</div>
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<div><strong>You can support us directly on the
crowdfunding platform: </strong> <a href="http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/le-livre-d-heures-enlumine-en-bretagne">http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/le-livre-d-heures-enlumine-en-bretagne</a></div></div>
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<div><img src="cid:ii_igdnzaz30_150b8d268b9def37" width="412" height="250"></div><div><br>© Heribert Tenschert</div></div>