Books of Hours were used daily for religious devotions and prayers by lay men and women. These books held immense sentimental importance, as seen through…
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Medieval Books of Hours are a uniquely intriguing type of text, largely because they are so foreign to the average reader. While they are not…
We’re sitting on the peak of a technological revolution. The past couple hundred years have radically changed the world, so it’s easy to distance ourselves…
I’m interested here in exploring the meaning behind the seemingly random collection of images that inhabit the borders of books of hours. Miniatures, though often…
Suspend your sense of disbelief for a moment and imagine that you are Marie of Burgundy. You are sitting in your chamber, studiously poring over…
When I walk around Atlanta, I see hundreds of different faces. The city is loud, busy and most of all, fragmented. Like most cities in…
The Book of Hours is really cool because it was personalized for the individual patron. The individual could pick and choose what prayers, illuminations, sections,…
Religion is the sort of thing that resonates with people on a deeply personal level. As a whole, a book of hours is like a…
Looking at a piece of art can be a stimulating experience in that it can take you to another place in time or lead you…
Medieval miniatures are decorative pictures found in Books of Hours that can reveal so much about religious practices and beliefs in the Middle Ages. After spending…