Books of Hours Reconsidered

Books of Hours Reconsidered
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Publisher : Harvey Miller
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1905375948
ISBN-13 : 9781905375943
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Book Synopsis Books of Hours Reconsidered by : Sandra Hindman

Download or read book Books of Hours Reconsidered written by Sandra Hindman and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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