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Book of Hours

Master of Guillaume Lambert · 1478 · 18 pictures

A manuscript Book of Hours made around 1478 by the Master of Guillaume Lambert, a Flemish-style illuminator, held by the J. Paul Getty Museum and made for private devotional use. The four pictures are painted miniatures framed in gold with Gothic niches, showing the Annunciation, a funeral Mass, the Adoration of the Magi and Pentecost. A designer might take the saturated ultramarine and gold-leaf palette, the arched architectural frames, and the compact layout of narrative scenes with Latin captions.

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