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[[File:A "book of hours" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art..jpg|thumb|The Annunciation from the Hours of Charles of France, 1495.<ref>Master Charles of France. ''The Annunciation from the Hours of Charles of France''. 1495, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.</ref>]] | [[File:A "book of hours" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art..jpg|thumb|The Annunciation from the Hours of Charles of France, 1495.<ref>Master Charles of France. ''The Annunciation from the Hours of Charles of France''. 1495, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.</ref>]] | ||
A Book of Hours is a devotional text that contains calendars of religious feasts and festivals, psalms, prayers, and other aids to meditation and reflection. This frequently included splendid illustrations, as well as elaborate calligraphy and binding. <ref> Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 65 </ref> | A Book of Hours is a devotional text that contains calendars of religious feasts and festivals, psalms, prayers, and other aids to meditation and reflection. This frequently included splendid illustrations, as well as elaborate calligraphy and binding. <ref> Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 65 </ref> Another definition says that they were a prayer book, but not used by priests, nuns, or any other religious leader, but by the ordinary people. They were acquired by nobles and urban people and helped expand literacy in the medieval eras.<ref>Wieck, Roger S.''Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life''. New York, George Braziller Inc., 1988, pp. 27.</ref> | ||
=History= | =History= | ||
During the high Middle ages, there was significant change in economic life from the shift from agrarian systems to modern commercial agriculture and mercantile trade. Due to this, artistic and intellectual culture began to show, starting the era of the Renaissance. During this era as well, Books of Hours became popular. It wasn't just popular around the rich folks either, but around normal, everyday citizens. This was impressive in the Medieval Europe was a largely illiterate society. However, as nobles who could read got ahold of these books, reading of these prayers books expanded and literacy exploded in Medieval Europe. For the first time, one book that was most popularly sold was produced for those with non-clerical hands.<ref>Wieck, Roger S. ''Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life''. New York, George Braziller Inc., 1988, pp. 33.</ref> | |||
== How were they made? == | |||
=Citations= | =Citations= | ||
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Revision as of 05:24, 6 November 2025
Definition
A Book of Hours is a devotional text that contains calendars of religious feasts and festivals, psalms, prayers, and other aids to meditation and reflection. This frequently included splendid illustrations, as well as elaborate calligraphy and binding. [2] Another definition says that they were a prayer book, but not used by priests, nuns, or any other religious leader, but by the ordinary people. They were acquired by nobles and urban people and helped expand literacy in the medieval eras.[3]
History
During the high Middle ages, there was significant change in economic life from the shift from agrarian systems to modern commercial agriculture and mercantile trade. Due to this, artistic and intellectual culture began to show, starting the era of the Renaissance. During this era as well, Books of Hours became popular. It wasn't just popular around the rich folks either, but around normal, everyday citizens. This was impressive in the Medieval Europe was a largely illiterate society. However, as nobles who could read got ahold of these books, reading of these prayers books expanded and literacy exploded in Medieval Europe. For the first time, one book that was most popularly sold was produced for those with non-clerical hands.[4]
How were they made?
Citations
- ↑ Master Charles of France. The Annunciation from the Hours of Charles of France. 1495, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
- ↑ Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 65
- ↑ Wieck, Roger S.Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. New York, George Braziller Inc., 1988, pp. 27.
- ↑ Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. New York, George Braziller Inc., 1988, pp. 33.
