Office of the Dead, The Talbot Hours

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Book of Hours. The Talbot Hours. The Talbot Master (fl. in Rouen, c. 1430-1460). Vellum, 27.8 cm x 11.3 cm, c.1424. French School. Notes: John Talbot (c.1388-1453) was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, one of the English army leaders in France at the end of the Hundred Years War.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Book of Hours. The Talbot Hours. The Talbot Master (fl. in Rouen, c. 1430-1460). Vellum, 27.8 cm x 11.3 cm, c.1424. French School. Notes: John Talbot (c.1388-1453) was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, one of the English army leaders in France at the end of the Hundred Years War.

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Accession Number: MS 40-1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2012:10:02 17:22:23

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