# Book of Hours

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MINIATURIST, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-french-rd9e7509475278b>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Manuscript

## Commentary

The Annunciation to the Shepherds marks the opening of the Hour of Terce in this Book of Hours illuminated in Paris about 1410. The shepherds gaze up at an angel breaking through the scarlet sky with a scroll.

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## Attribution

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