{"id":78,"date":"2012-04-13T07:40:37","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T07:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=78"},"modified":"2017-09-11T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:17:34","slug":"la-flora-book-of-hours-great-masterpiece-simon-marmion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/la-flora-book-of-hours-great-masterpiece-simon-marmion\/","title":{"rendered":"La Flora Book of Hours: a great masterpiece by Simon Marmion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>La Flora<\/strong>&#8221; is the <strong>Book of Hours<\/strong> dedicated to Charles VIII, King of France (1483-1498).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"em\">The innovative character, variety in format, and iconography of its illumination and the complexities of its codicology<\/span> make this manuscripts, known as <strong>La Flora<\/strong>, among the most important and challenging of its day. La Flora features illumination by <strong>Simon Marmion<\/strong>, the <strong>Master of the Dresden Prayer Boook<\/strong>, the <strong>Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian<\/strong>, and the <strong>Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/thumb_1000_600_260_01-e1382698415788.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"558\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/thumb_1000_600_260_01-e1382698415788.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_1000_600_260_01\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/thumb_1000_600_260_01-e1382698415788.jpg 938w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/thumb_1000_600_260_01-e1382698415788-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The suite of 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