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French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600 Reinburg, Virginia (Boston College, Massachusetts)
French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600
Reinburg, Virginia (Boston College, Massachusetts)
The Book of Hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe. This interdisciplinary study offers a full account of how it was used as a book - how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession.
312 pages, 39 b/w illus. 2 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 2, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107007215 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 157 × 12 mm · 635 g |
| Language | English |