Publication

2013 - Harvey Miller, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

133,000 words, Guess

Page Count

532 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCND3363.A1 B67 2013

Description

"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 presents 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"--Publisher's website.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History

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