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Discover One of History’s Most Important Royal Manuscripts

Made in Paris around 1360, this illuminated manuscript is one of the most beautiful artefacts to survive from the Middle Ages, and the subject of this week’s ‘Anatomy of Artwork’. The Breviary of Marie, Duchess of Bar, Daughter of Bonne of Luxembourg and King John II of France, is a highlight of our upcoming sale Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books (3 July, London). Click here for more video.

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