When we initially began researching the Hargrett Hours, our group’s primary goal was producing a solid transcription of our section: scriptural passages and accompanying prayers.…
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Through our research into the calendar of the Hargrett Books of Hours, we found it bears a striking similarity to the Paris Missal and other…
One of codicology’s more intractable problems thus far has been to determine and compile collation data for the Hargrett Hours. We have been documenting: (1)…
For our research project in Unit 2, I studied the the Aussem Hours, W.437 at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, made for the Aussem family…
Gender was a rather straightforward concept in medieval religion, except when it wasn’t. There were fairly firm lines: women could only hold the clergy positions…
The Beaufort Beauchamp Book of Hours (British Library MS A XVIII, hereafter referred to as BBOH) is an impressive example of an English royal books…
Unlike most modern novels, medieval manuscripts frequently include highly decorated imagery around bodies of text as well as miniatures. Although the choice to include bodies…
Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England, was a powerful and controversial figure in the medieval period. In her coronation as…
I’m interested in my research to find if there is a specific reason for repetition in books of hours and Catholic prayers from the…
Throughout this section, there has not been one defining moment that has opened the gates of understanding about the book of hours for me. However,…