Breviary of Marie of Savoy

Breviary of Marie of Savoy
Bréviaire de Marie de Savoie
Presentation miniature, showing the patron presented to the Holy Virgin
Ascribed toMaster of the Vitae Imperatorum
PatronMarie of Savoy, Duchess of Milan
Date1431–1438
Manuscript(s)BM Chambéry Ms 4

The Breviary of Marie of Savoy (BM Chambéry Ms 4; French: Bréviaire de Marie de Savoie) is a breviary, an illuminated manuscript made for Marie of Savoy, Duchess of Milan in 1431–1438. It is profusely decorated by an Italian workshop led by an artist known by the notname of the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum. The book was lost for several centuries following the death of Marie of Savoy, and rediscovered in the attic of the castle of the Dukes of Savoy, under rubble and piles of paper, in the 1820s. It is now preserved in the Municipal library of Chambéry, France.

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