book of hours
Americannoun
noun
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As she tells it, Marguerite Steed Hoffman fell for a medieval book of hours at once, at the 2010 European Fine Arts Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Reached at her Dallas home, she said a dealer asked if she wanted to hold a book of hours — an illuminated manuscript used to help laypeople pray — in her hands.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The star of its stunning exhibition of mostly 16th-century French material is a book of hours once owned by Francis I of France.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2011
Like its predecessors, this book of hours by an anonymous 15th century French master is a magnificent work of art.
From Time Magazine Archive
The books that they adorned were chiefly those used in the church services, especially the breviary, the psalter, and the book of hours.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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