Catherine of Cleves: Pretty ‘Kitty’: A Book That Changed the World

Over the course of centuries, medieval manuscripts have endured terrible plights: they have been looted by Vikings … dunked in water as a curative for ailing cattle … burned beyond legibility … even dismembered and repurposed. While none of these, fortunately, are true of the fifteenth-century Hours of Catherine of Cleves, it has suffered from the machinations of a nefarious nineteenth-century dealer. But in the early 1960s, this obscure manuscript captured the attention of scholars and — thanks to a smitten publisher — the public at large and literally changed the course of art history and manuscript studies. This one-of-a-kind gem might very well change how you, too, view medieval manuscripts! Supplies needed: note-taking materials
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