Illumination from Books of Hours

by Janet Backhouse

Books of Hours survive in their thousands in libraries, museums, and private collections across the western world, reflecting both the personal piety and the fashionable taste of the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Europe. They owe their name to a single essential text, the Hours (or Little Office) of the Virgin Mary, but otherwise their contents may vary quite considerably.

This extensively illustrated book acts as an introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712348492
• ISBN13: 9780712348492
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: British Library
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 5.9"