<P> The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ( French pronunciation : ​ ( tʁɛ ʁiʃəz œʁ dy dyk də bɛ. ʁi ) ) or Très Riches Heures , ( English : The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry ) , is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of French Gothic manuscript illumination , showing the late International Gothic phase of the style . It is a book of hours : a collection of prayers to be said at the canonical hours . It was created between c. 1412 and 1416 for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John , Duke of Berry , by the Limbourg brothers . When the three painters and their sponsor died in 1416 , possibly victims of plague , the manuscript was left unfinished . It was further embellished in the 1440s by an anonymous painter , who many art historians believe was Barthélemy d'Eyck . In 1485 -- 1489 , it was brought to its present state by the painter Jean Colombe on behalf of the Duke of Savoy . Acquired by the Duc d'Aumale in 1856 , the book is now MS 65 in the Musée Condé , Chantilly , France . </P>
<P> The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ( French pronunciation : ​ ( tʁɛ ʁiʃəz œʁ dy dyk də bɛ. ʁi ) ) or Très Riches Heures , ( English : The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry ) , is the most famous and possibly the best surviving example of French Gothic manuscript illumination , showing the late International Gothic phase of the style . It is a book of hours : a collection of prayers to be said at the canonical hours . It was created between c. 1412 and 1416 for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John , Duke of Berry , by the Limbourg brothers . When the three painters and their sponsor died in 1416 , possibly victims of plague , the manuscript was left unfinished . It was further embellished in the 1440s by an anonymous painter , who many art historians believe was Barthélemy d'Eyck . In 1485 -- 1489 , it was brought to its present state by the painter Jean Colombe on behalf of the Duke of Savoy . Acquired by the Duc d'Aumale in 1856 , the book is now MS 65 in the Musée Condé , Chantilly , France . </P>
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