The Hours of Mary of Burgundy is a book of hours, a form of devotional book for lay people, completed in Flanders around 1477. It was probably commissioned for Mary of Burgundy, then the wealthiest woman in Europe; Mary was the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and wife of Maximilian I, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. The book contains 187 folios (folio 14v pictured), each measuring 22.5 by 15 centimetres (8.9 in × 5.9 in). It consists of the Roman Liturgy of the Hours, 24 calendar roundels, 20 full-page miniatures and 16 quarter-page format illustrations. It includes meticulously detailed illustrations and borders by the influential illuminator known by the notname of the Master of Mary of Burgundy. Other miniatures, considered of an older tradition, were contributed by Simon Marmion, Willem Vrelant and Lieven van Lathem. The two best-known illustrations contain a revolutionary trompe-l'œil technique of showing a second perspective through an open window.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1869:
New Zealand Wars: Māori leader Tītokowaru's conflict ended with the last of his forces surrendering to the New Zealand colonial government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%ABtokowaru%27s_War
1946:
Formulated at the initiative of British prime minister Clement Attlee, the Cabinet Mission arrived in New Delhi to discuss the transfer of power from the colonial government to Indian leadership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Cabinet_Mission_to_India
1980:
One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero
2008:
Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 National Assembly seats in the country's first general election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bhutanese_National_Assembly_election
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
get cold feet: (intransitive, originally US, informal) To become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_cold_feet
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
First-rate pursuits involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding — inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feel themselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, a Blake. Understanding is for ever unattainable. Therein lies the inevitability of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention. --Malcolm Muggeridge https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Malcolm_Muggeridge