In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.
This delightful book, brought to life by the finely detailed, evocative art of a renowned children\'s artists, was inspired by an illuminated manuscript in the collection of the Getty Museum..
Then she expertly finishes the illumination of Lady Isabelle\'s book, to the delight of her father and his patron.
She journeys all over Paris buying goose feathers for quills, eggs for mixing paints, dried plants and ground minerals for pigments.
His current commission is a splendid Book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle\'s name day? In this richly illustrated tale, Marguerite comes to her father\'s aid.
A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France.
Paris in the 1400s. 46 color illustrations.
In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle
