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Books of Hours Reconsidered

Books of Hours Reconsidered

James H. Marrow
3/5 ( ratings)
This collection of essays provides essential studies on the production, use, and evolution of the Books of Hours.For over three hunderd years, more Books of Hours were made than any other type of book, even the Bible. From c. 1225, when the first Books of Hours began to appear, to 1571, when during the Counter-Reformation Pope Pius V prohibited the use of all existing Books of Hours, nearly every European family of a certain means owned a Book of Hours. Books of Hours Reconsidered present recent research on this medieval bestseller in twenty-one essays written by international scholars. The scholarship in this volume helps instill Books of Hours with new life and give them new meaning at a moment when interest in Books of Hours is on the rise.
Language
English
Pages
532
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvey Miller
Release
October 15, 2013
ISBN
1905375948
ISBN 13
9781905375943

Books of Hours Reconsidered

James H. Marrow
3/5 ( ratings)
This collection of essays provides essential studies on the production, use, and evolution of the Books of Hours.For over three hunderd years, more Books of Hours were made than any other type of book, even the Bible. From c. 1225, when the first Books of Hours began to appear, to 1571, when during the Counter-Reformation Pope Pius V prohibited the use of all existing Books of Hours, nearly every European family of a certain means owned a Book of Hours. Books of Hours Reconsidered present recent research on this medieval bestseller in twenty-one essays written by international scholars. The scholarship in this volume helps instill Books of Hours with new life and give them new meaning at a moment when interest in Books of Hours is on the rise.
Language
English
Pages
532
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvey Miller
Release
October 15, 2013
ISBN
1905375948
ISBN 13
9781905375943

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