The Grimani Breviary: Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript Belonging to the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice

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Within the Middle Ages a breviary used to be an illuminated manuscript day-to-day devotions commissioned by only the wealthiest and most powerful. Lately, The Omit Press making the legendary Grimani Breviary to be had to all.

Even as the unique Grimani Breviary is safely housed Within the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, this linen-bound, facsimile edition captures all the beauty and enchantment of this ancient manuscript. The pages are stuffed with full-color images of prayers and day-to-day life Within the early 16th century painstakingly drawn by the Flemish miniaturist painter Gerard Horenbout and his collaborators.

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