‘Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry’ is one of the most famous surviving examples of illuminated manuscripts. It was created between c. 1412 and 1416 for John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers, and was further embellished after their death in the 1440s. The manuscript is kept in the Musée Condé, in Chantilly.
The manuscript contains 66 large miniatures, and 65 small which offer vivid representations of peasants performing agricultural work as well as aristocrats in formal attire, against a background of remarkable medieval architecture.
The whole book is now digitised with information on various aspects in French or English. It is also possible to zoom in on the images. A delight for historians and artists!