![]() ![]() : 46īooks of hours were usually written in Latin (they were largely known by the name horae until "book of hours" was relatively recently applied to them), although there are many entirely or partially written in vernacular European languages, especially Dutch. ![]() These illustrations would combine picturesque scenes of country life with sacred images. Illumination or decoration is minimal in many examples, often restricted to decorated capital letters at the start of psalms and other prayers, but books made for wealthy patrons may be extremely lavish, with full-page miniatures. Like every manuscript, each manuscript book of hours is unique in one way or another, but most contain a similar collection of texts, prayers and psalms, often with appropriate decorations, for Christian devotion. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript. Bequeathed to the Society in 1769 by the Revd Charles Lyttleton, Bishop of Carlisle and President of the Society (1765-8).īooks of hours ( Latin: horae) are Christian prayer books which were used to pray the canonical hours. An early 15th-century French book of hours ( MS13, Society of Antiquaries of London) open to an illustration of the 'Adoration of the Magi'. Opposite is the start of Matins in the Little Office, illustrated by the Annunciation to Joachim, as the start of a long cycle of the Life of the Virgin. 1440, with Catherine kneeling before the Virgin and Child, surrounded by her family heraldry. Opening from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, c. ![]() For the closely related devotional and educational text, see Primer (prayer book). For the book by Rainer Maria Rilke, see The Book of Hours. For the prayers said at certain times of the day in various Christian denominations, see Canonical hours. ![]()
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