Book of Hours
This is a manuscript Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book, made around 1420 by the illuminator known as the Spitz Master, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its pages were written for lay readers' private prayer and combine painted scenes from Christian story with dense decorative borders. The pictures are gold-leafed and jewel-coloured, with vines, flowers, and small birds framing framed miniatures, offering a designer models of medieval ornamental framing, arched panels, and illuminated initial letters.
