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Marguerite Makes a Book

by Bruce Robertson

A girl’s craft in medieval Paris

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A girl’s craft in medieval Paris

Set in fifteenth-century Paris, the story connects a family’s work with the materials and skills behind illuminated manuscripts. Marguerite helps her father, Jacques, prepare a book of hours for Lady Isabelle, gathering feathers, eggs, plants, and minerals used in making quills and pigments. The commission gives the tale a practical thread: each errand introduces part of the bookmaking craft, while Marguerite’s contribution becomes central to completing the manuscript. Inspired by an illuminated manuscript in the Getty Museum’s collection, the book brings medieval book arts into a fictional story about learning a craft and helping a parent.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in historical fiction set in medieval Paris.
  • Readers curious about illuminated manuscripts, pigments, and traditional bookmaking.
  • Families or educators seeking a story that connects fiction with medieval art and craft.

Themes

Medieval bookmakingFamily collaborationLearning a craftArt and materials

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Book overview

The spirited adventure of a young Parisian girl in the fifteenth century who learns the art of illuminating manuscripts from her father.

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.

Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. 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. She journeys all over Paris buying goose feathers for quills, eggs for mixing paints, dried plants and ground minerals for pigments. Then she expertly finishes the illumination of Lady Isabelle's book, to the delight of her father and his patron.

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