Ghent–Bruges school

The Ghent–Bruges school is a distinctive style of manuscript illumination which was prevalent in the Southern Netherlands (mainly present-day Belgium) from about 1475 to about 1550, by which point the long tradition of manuscript miniature painting was virtually extinct, displaced by the printed book. Though the name highlights the importance of Ghent and Bruges as centres for manuscript production, manuscripts in the style were produced in a wider area.

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