John, Duke
du Berry, commissioned the three Limbourg brothers to produce a Book
of Hours in about 1405. The book is considered to be one of the
most beautiful books published during the Middle Ages. It includes
several pictures of Berry's Palace de la Cite in Paris. Others show
show the Chateau Eyampes and Berry's estates on the banks of the River
Clain near Poitiers. Unfortunately, soon after they finished the book,
the three Limbourg brothers died of the plague.
Harvesting
and sheep-shearing at the Chateau
Eyampes, Duke du Berry Book
of Hours (c. 1410)
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