Directory of Books of Hours Resources

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In the Middle Ages, pious individuals (or those who wished to appear pious) bought lavishly illustrated prayer books known as "books of hours". The illuminations in such books form an important part of the surviving body of medieval religious art.

Subcategories

• Individual Manuscripts

Resources in This Category

• A Few Minutes on Books of Hours

  http://www.candesign.com/pwhaynes/
  A introductory essay by Patrick Haynes.

• Book of Hours Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania

  http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/schoenberg/schoenberg_bohtext.html
  Books of Hours in the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Images and commentary.

• Books of Hours and the Transition to Print Culture

  http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/portfolio/gordon/hours/
  An online essay comparing printed books of hours with their manuscript precedents.

• Painted Prayers: Books of Hours from the Morgan Library

  http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/painted_prayers/homepage.html
  Web site of an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

• The Medieval Bestseller

  http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/books/
  Online version of an exhibition of Books of Hours in the Getty Museum.

Related Categories

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