En parcourant les pages du bréviaire de Grammont (2 e partie). Une petite balade stylistique

This article is the second part of a study devoted to the Grammont Breviary, the jewel of the of the Maredsous library. Divided into four volumes, this impressive manuscript was decorated and illustrated by several illuminators who were responsible for hundreds of initials, dozens of decorated borders, and many historiated scenes. These craftsmen took turns during two main campaigns. The first one (volumes 1 and 2) was initiated by one of Masters of Guillebert de Mets, who was very soon replaced by a hitherto unknown painter, Hand A of the Breviary. During the second campaign (volumes 3 and 4), the project was given a new lease of life. The donor obviously wished to finance a sumptuous book. He called on two experienced painters: another member of the Mets group and the Master of Gerard Brilis, to whom he entrusted the major part of volume 4. In all, not counting the decorators, at least five illuminators took turns, turning the Breviary into a remarkable portfolio of styles that were in vogue in mid-15th century Ghent

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