Talinn Grigor

and Khnopff deftly captured the child's vulnerability to the outside world in the small gesture of her tiny thumb catching the edge of her bow

This lively combination of the poetry and illustrations

20 color illustrations

Included are a historical overview

The Hours of Simon de Varie Ages 3-7 Talinn GrigorJames H. Marrow With a contribution by Franois Avril Leading French painters in the late medieval period executed miniatures for lavishly illuminated books of hours. In the mid fifteenth century, Simon de Varie commissioned such a book that included works by the most eminent French painter of the time, Jean Fouquet, as well as striking paintings by two of his contemporaries. The Hours of Simon de Varie reproduces in color all the miniatures and