Prayer book with miniature paintings

Gold-plated breviary cover. The outer edges with eight emeralds and rubies as well as enamel flowers in high relief, the inner edges with fine flat enamel ornaments; enamel in high relief on the front: Adoration of the Shepherds, on the back: the Resurrection, both beneath an arch set with fourteen diamonds, four rubies and three emeralds; the four Evangelists with their symbols and an angel's head in the four front corners, the four Virtues with wreaths and a skull on the four back corners; on the spine: the Creation, the creation of Eve and the Fall, all enamelled in high relief; flatly enamelled on the crescent shape at the top of the spine: probably David and Goliath. Contains thirteen miniature paintings of scenes from the life of Jesus. The following persons inscribed their names on the first and last pages: Elector August of Saxony and his wife Anna 1579, Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg and his wife Elisabeth 1579; King James I of England 1590; King Christian IV of Denmark 1623 and Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1751.