Josefina Planas Badenas is Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Lleida. She has dedicated much of her scientific career to the study and dissemination of illuminated manuscripts, with particular emphasis on the Books of Hours, establishing herself as one of the most notable specialists. Recently she published a monograph dedicated to the Breviary of King Martí l’Humà (París, BnF, ms. Rothschild 2529) and together with Javier Docampo she edited the important work Horae. El Poder de la imagen. Libros de horas en bibliotecas españolas.

In this Conference Josefina Plannas gives us knowledge of the manuscripts illuminated in the Crown of Aragon, preserved in the Archives and Libraries of Catalonia, of which she highlights the excellent Psalter/Book of Hours (Barcelona, Historical Archive of the City ms A. 398), illuminated by Bernard Martorell and an Anonymous collaborator.