The Van Damme Hours FacsimileThe Van Damme Hours, written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium and dated 1531, is named after its Flemish scribe, Antonius van Damme (active 1495c. 1545). Although not a documented work, its superb illuminations are the work of Simon Bening (1483 841561), the last and greatest Flemish illuminator of the sixteenth century. The manuscript contains all of the stylistic and iconographic elements that comprise the oeuvre of Bening, including the charming