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Medieval Manuscripts: The Book of Hours of Lorenzo de’ Medici - Medievalists.net

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When his beloved daughter told him she would get married, Lorenzo de’ Medici, the greatest patron of Italian Renaissance culture, did not want to disappoint her. As a wedding gift, he commissioned a splendid manuscript as small as a postcard and as valuable as a jewel.

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