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A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII Cyclades photographersThomas Kren, Mark Evans, Janet Backhouse, and Nancy Turner Edited by Thomas Kren with Mark Evans The Hours of Louis XII is the stunning prayer book that Jean Bourdichon (1457 581521) painted for the king of France, most likely on the occasion of his coronation in 1498. Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings, including Louis and his predecessor, Charles VIII. The manuscript was originally illuminated with twelve large calendar