![]() ![]() Also featured is an early 16th century manuscript on loan from the collection of Stuart and Mimi Rose.Ĭirca 30–48: Apostles pray and recite psalms and scripture at the third, sixth, and ninth hours of the Roman day following Jewish tradition (Acts 3:1).ĥ16: St. This online exhibit features digitized medieval Books of Hours and individual leaves, dating from circa 1440 through the early 16th century, from the Marian Library’s collection. Known as miniatures, they served as wayfinding tools, inspiration for prayer, aids to contemplation, and access for the marginally literate.īooks of Hours are a window into medieval society, Marian devotion, and book history in the later Middle Ages. Among the distinct features of horae are their images. As what is known as “the cult of the Blessed Virgin” developed, particularly in the later Middle Ages, Books of Hours played on the medieval desire to pray to Mary and emulate her qualities. Such a prayer book satisfied the medieval desire to imitate the clergy, allowing the reader to pray all 150 psalms. Several factors led to the emergence of Books of Hours as the most coveted books in medieval Europe. These private prayer books were specifically designed for laypeople and centered on a series of prayers known as the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary in Miniature: Books of Hours in the Marian Library Collection Introductionįrom 1250 to 1550, Books of Hours, or horae, were the best-selling book in medieval Europe.
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