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Catalogue of a sales exhibition held at Les Enluminures, Paris, Feb. 3-Apr. 15, 2009, and at C.G. Boener, New York, Apr. 28-May 9, 2009.

The catalogue brings together fifteen beautiful works of art manufactured in Bologna, one of the most important cities in Italy during the Middle Ages.

Two dozen Books of Hours mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries, with examples from France, the Netherlands and Belgium, are presented chronologically. Many are previously unknown and unpublished.

"The exhibition assembles approximately 40 objects made of precious metals and including rings, pendants, earrings, and brooches from the third to the tenth centuries and explores the interrelationships between East and West during the first millennium"--Les Enluminures website.