Book of Hours
A Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book made in France around 1415 for private lay use, presumably by a Parisian workshop, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its pages show miniature paintings of sacred scenes framed by dense borders of acanthus-like vine scrolls, flowers, and tiny birds in gold and bright blue, with decorated initials beside the Latin text. A designer might take the tight integration of image, border and lettering, and the deep ultramarine and gold palette set against small-scale ornament.
