Coronation of the Virgin Book of Hours (Use of Rome), France, Lyons, c. 1495-1510 by Guillaume II Le Roy |
If nothing else would I be lured into reading more devotional work if I had the pictures to get me to pick it up and open it?
That is a moot point I suppose since such things are still the province of rich men today just as much as they were yesterday. No one would publish them because they would be prohibitively expensive to buy. All the more reason to enjoy these pages from the past which can still enrich our imaginations ... and souls.