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06780

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Subject

Description

The most popular Christian prayer book of the Middle Ages, the Book of Hours was designed for private lay devotion at appointed times of day. Much of the success enjoyed by manuscript Books of Hours was due to their colorful illuminations of scenes from the lives of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and various locally venerated saints.

Source

06780. [BOOK OF HOURS. Latin, for Roman Use]. Printed on vellum. Paris: Thielman Kerver for Gilles Remacle, 16 September 1499.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

France

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Median quarto on vellum

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

“06780,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed July 11, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1291.