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What is the Limbourg masterpiece?

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Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours known as the Trs Riches Heures (c.1415; MusŽe CondŽ, Chantilly). This is filled with exquisite illustrations of the daily life of the aristocracy and peasantry, including a series of calendar illuminations that are considered the finest extant examples of the International Gothic style (see Gothic architecture and art ).

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