[HOURS]. Fragment of a book of hours for use in Paris. Paris, circa 1425-1450. 43] ff parchment manuscript (145 x 113 mm, justification: 78 x 50 mm), textura script with 12 long lines, black ink and rubrics in red ink. Modern leather binding with clasp. Text Hours of the Virgin for the use of Paris from matins to none (ff. 1-43v). Decor Annunciation on a chequered background (f. 1) Borders with vine leaves, baubles and flowers at the beginning of each hour: ff. 14v (lauds), 26 (prime), 32v (tierce), 36v (sexte) and 40v (none). Large vignetted initials and small champies initials. The illumination of this fragment of the Book of Hours can be attributed to a follower of the Boucicaut Master. The Annunciation with the Virgin painted on the left is an inversion of the Boucicautian model (G. Bartz, Der Boucicaut Meister. Ein unbekanntes Stundenbuch, Rothalmunster, 1999). The Maître de Boucicaut was a renowned artist, a leading figure in Parisian production, active around 1405-1420. He owes his name to his eponymous manuscript: the Somptueuses Heures du maréchal de Boucicaut (Paris, Musée Jacquemart André, ms. 2; cf. Paris 1400. Les Arts sous Charles VI, cat. expo. Louvre March-July 2004, no. 171). This manuscript was intended for Jean II le Meingre dit Boucicaut, Marshal of France (1366-1421), Lord of Genoa (1401-September 1408). The border is a mixed vignette in the late style of the golden vine group studied by I. Villela-Petit.