Leading French painters in the late medieval period executed miniatures for lavishly illuminated books of hours

whose works exemplify this unique art form

a follower of Caravaggio

3 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 3/8 inches)

and implements

Egypt and the Classical World: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity Pride Leading French painters in theEdited by Jeffrey Spier and Sara E. Cole Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome. From Mycenaean weaponry found among the cargo of a Bronze Age shipwreck off the Turkish coast to the Egyptian inspired domestic interiors of a luxury villa built in Greece during the Roman Empire, Egypt and the Classical World documents two millennia of cultural and artistic