This facsimile edition is a faithful replica of the original manuscript number 65 of the Musée Condé at Chantilly, Paris. The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - or Très Riches Heures - is possibly the best example of French Gothic manuscript illumination which has survived to this day. It is a book of hours (a collection of prayers to be said at canonical hours) and was created between 1412 and 1416 for John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. Consisting of a total of 206 vellum leaves, the manuscript contains 66 large miniatures and 65 small.