Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
This is a facsimile of personal prayer-book/diptych belonging to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Philip the Good was one of the later Valois family Dukes, (1419-67) The combination of diptych and devotional book is unique in the history of art.  built around 1430 15th Century - Austrian National Library, Vienna, Cod 1800 http://www.faksimile.ch

This is a facsimile of personal prayer-book/diptych belonging to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Philip the Good was one of the later Valois family Dukes, (1419-67)

The combination of diptych and devotional book is unique in the history of art.  built around 1430

15th Century - Austrian National Library, Vienna, Cod 1800

http://www.faksimile.ch


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