Simon Vostre’s Books of Hours
January 4th, 2008
A wonderful mail over at .
Vostre (fl. 1486-1518) was a Parisian printer based in the rue Neuve Notre Dame. This was a “strange alley” leading to the cathedral and was the centre of the Parisian order trade in much the same distance that the extent around St Paul's was the locus of the job in London. There are some wonderful images: my favorites are:
For more on Books of Hours, the is moderately good (and also has some keen images).
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