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Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry

illuminated manuscript book of hours
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Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry
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Summary

Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry is a book of hours[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of book of hours entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,390 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Barthélemy d'Eyck[3], Jean Colombe[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chantilly[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Instance of: illuminated manuscript[7]
  • Commissioned by: John, Duke of Berry[8], Charles I, Duke of Savoy[9]
  • Movement: International Gothic[10]
  • Made from material: tempera[11], vellum[12]
  • Collection: Condé Museum[13]
  • Inventory number: Ms. 65[14]
  • Location: Condé Museum[15]
  • Commons category: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry[16]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[17]
  • Country of origin: France[18]
  • Has part(s): January[19], February[20], March[21], April[22], May[23], June[24], July[25], August[26], September[27], October[28], November[29], December[30], Baptism of Christ[31], The Fall of the Rebel Angels[32]
  • Inception: 1440[33]
  • Exhibition history: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry[35]
  • Commons gallery: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry[36]
  • Described at URL: https://www.photo.rmn.fr/Package/2C6NU09TF4DL[37]
  • Location of creation: Bourges[38]
  • Title: Les Très Riches Heurs du Duc de Berry[39]
  • Different from: Les Très Belles Heures du duc de Berry[40]
  • Height: 29 cm[41]
  • Width: 21.2 cm[42]
  • Derivative work: The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess[43]

Why It Matters

Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Bourges Chantilly Charles I, Duke of Savoy Condé Museum France public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    Location of creation → Bourges
    Different from → Les Très Belles Heures du duc de Berry
    Topic's main category → Category:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, ru, uk */ Add the Danish label da:Senmiddelalder and da:Maleriets historie use, with the form with Les as an alias, and Russian, Danish and Ukrainian desc"
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