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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hours_of_Mary_of_Burgundy>
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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>
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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>
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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>