Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry or Très Riches Heures is probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century, "le roi des manuscrits enluminés" ("the king of illuminated manuscripts"). It is a very richly decorated Book of Hours containing over 200 folios, of which about half are full page illustrations.
It was painted sometime between 1412 and 1416 by the Limbourg brothers for their patron Jean, Duc de Berry . They left it unfinished at their (and the Duke's) death in 1416. Charles I, Duke I of Savoy commissioned Jean Colombe to finish the paintings between 1485-1489.
Folio 19v The Martyrdom of Saint Mark
Folio 22r The Virgin, the Sibyl and the Emperor Augustus
Folio 25v The Garden of Eden
Folio 26r The Annunciation
Folio 26v David Foresees the Coming of Christ
Folio 27v David Imagines Christ Elevated Above All Other Beings
Folio 28r David Foresees the Preaching of the Apostles
Folio 29r The Ark of God Carried into the Temple
Folio 31r David Foresees the Mystic Marriage of Christ and the Church
Folio 32r The Sons of Core Thank God for Their Salvation
Folio 34r The Last Judgement
Folio 35v The Building of the Jerusalem Temple
Folio 37v The Baptism of Saint Augustine
Folio39r God Reigns Over All the Earth
Folio 40v The Three Hebrews Cast into the Fiery Furnace
Folio 43v The Archangel Gabriel Appears to Zachary
Folio 45r David Plays the Harp
Folio 45v The Messiah' Dominions
Folio 46v David Beseeches God Against Evildoers
Folio 48r The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Folio 49v Building in Jerusalem
Folio 51v The Meeting of the Magi
Folio 52r The Adoration of the Magi
Folio 54v The Purification of the Virgin
Folio 57r The Flight into Egypt
Folio 60v The Coronation of the Virgin
Folio 63r The Presentation in the Temple
Folio 65v David and Nathan
Folio 67v David Entrusts a Letter to Uriah
Folio 68v An Attack on a City
Folio 71v The Procession of Saint Gregory
Folio 72r The Procession of Saint Gregory
Folio 75r The Man of Sorrows
Folio 82r Job Mocked by His Friends
Folio 86v The Funeral of Raymond Diocrès
Folio 90v The Horseman of Death
Folio 100v The Penance of David
Folio 103v Hezekiah's Canticle
Folio 108r Lucifer - torturing souls as well as being tortured himself in hell
Folio 109v The Baptism of Christ
Folio 113v Purified souls in Purgatory
Folio 122v The Apostles Going Forth to Preach
Folio 129v The Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist
Folio 133v The Revealing of the True Cross
Folio 137r The Presentation of the Virgin
Folio 142v Christ in Gethsemane
Folio 143r Christ Led to the Praetorium
Folio 144r The Flagellation of Christ
Folio 146v Christ Leaving the Praetorium
Folio 147r The Road to Calvary
Folio 147v Judas Hangs Himself
Folio 152r The Crucifixion
Folio 153r The Death of Christ
Folio 158r The Christmas Mass
Folio 161v The Temptation of Christ
Folio 164r The Canaanite Woman
Folio 168v The Feeding of the Multitude
Folio 171r The Raising of Lazarus
Folio 173v The Entry into Jerusalem
Folio 182v The Resurrection
Folio 188r Christ Blessing the World
Folio 189v The Communion of the Apostles
Folio 191v The Madonna and the Child
Folio 193r The Exaltation of the Cross
Folio 195r The Mass of Saint Michael
Folio 197r The Pope and His Cardinals
Folio 199v A Funeral Service
Folio 201r The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
Labors of the Months [ 편집 ]
January: The Duke's household exchanges New Year gifts - the Duke at right in a blue robe.
February: A typical winter's day. Some peasants warm themselves by the fire, another peasant chops wood, and still another goes to market.
March: Sowing the field. In the background is the Château de Lusignan, a residence of Jean de Berry.
April: A young couple exchanging rings. In the background is the Château de Dourdan.
May: Young nobles riding in a procession. In the background is the Palais de la Cité in Paris.
June: Harvest. In the background is the Hôtel de Nesle, the Duke's Paris residence
July: The shearing of the sheep. In the background is the Château de Clain near Poitiers
August: Falconry, with the Duc's Château d'Étampes in the background.
September: The harvest of the grapes. In the background is the Château de Saumur.
October: Tilling the field. In the background is the Louvre.
November: The autumn harvest of acorns, on which pigs are feeding.
December: A wild boar hunt. In the background is the Château de Vincennes.
Man and woman shearing sheep