Medieval Book of Hours

This is an original leaf from a late-medieval manuscript prayer book, the Book of Hours. There are 18 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Dutch with dark brown ink in Gothic script on animal vellum. Some text letters heightened in red. Books of Hours are personal prayer – books of a devout and status-conscious society and are not only works of art, but cultural documents of their time. They reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery – made of the finest materials, by the best craftsmen, for a small audience which could both appreciate and afford them.

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