Book of Hours
A Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book made in about 1420, probably for a lay patron, with its painted miniatures set in arched frames surrounded by gold and flourished borders. The four pictures show Gospel scenes such as an angel announcing to a kneeling Mary, a meeting of two women among trees, the Virgin and Child with attendants, and the Presentation in the Temple, all in saturated blues, reds and gold leaf. A designer could draw on the dense foliage scrolls, illuminated initials and tight pairing of miniature and text block for ornamental pattern.
