The Van Damme Hours Deluxe Facsimile Manuscripts enable readers to encounter the

enable readers to encounter the Bible in much the same way as it was once experienced: on multiple levels and registers

Asia and Africa

Helle provides background on the historical context in which Enheduana’s poems were composed and circulated

This volume showcases Potter’s charming characters against the backdrop of her exquisite botanical drawings

the animalier Antoine-Louis Barye

The Van Damme Hours Deluxe Facsimile Manuscripts enable readers to encounter theThe Van Damme Hours, written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium and dated 1531, is named after its Flemish scribe, Antonius van Damme (active 1495c. 1545). Although not a documented work, its superb illuminations are the work of Simon Bening (1483 841561), the last and greatest Flemish illuminator of the sixteenth century. The manuscript contains all of the stylistic and iconographic elements that comprise the oeuvre of Bening, including the charming