Medievalists.net » Books of Hours http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/20/the-great-hours-of-anne-of-brittany/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/20/the-great-hours-of-anne-of-brittany/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:24:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57734 The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany, created between 1503 and 1508 in Tours, France, is undoubtedly a masterpiece of French painting.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/20/the-great-hours-of-anne-of-brittany/feed/ 0 She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing: Submission,Contemplation of Conception, and Annunciation Imagery in the Books of Hours of Two Late Medieval Noblewomen http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/09/shall-saved-childbearing-submissioncontemplation-conception-annunciation-imagery-books-hours-two-late-medieval-noblewomen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/09/shall-saved-childbearing-submissioncontemplation-conception-annunciation-imagery-books-hours-two-late-medieval-noblewomen/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:59:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48890 In this piece, I suggest that such books were also constructed with the intention of instilling certain virtues within the young and newly-married woman—namely, submission and a humble desire for motherhood.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/09/shall-saved-childbearing-submissioncontemplation-conception-annunciation-imagery-books-hours-two-late-medieval-noblewomen/feed/ 0 Medieval Books of Hours in the Public Library of Bruges http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/11/medieval-books-of-hours-in-the-public-library-of-bruges/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/11/medieval-books-of-hours-in-the-public-library-of-bruges/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:16:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42077 A documentary created by the Public Library of Bruges about their collection

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/11/medieval-books-of-hours-in-the-public-library-of-bruges/feed/ 0 En/gendering representations of childbirth in fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish devotional manuscripts http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/engendering-representations-of-childbirth-in-fifteenth-century-franco-flemish-devotional-manuscripts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/engendering-representations-of-childbirth-in-fifteenth-century-franco-flemish-devotional-manuscripts/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:27:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38951 Late-medieval representationsof the births of holy and heroic children invariably show a domestic interior with the new mother lying in bed attended
by female assistants.These images thus appearto show a `genderedspace' in which women cared for each other and from which men were marginalized.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/engendering-representations-of-childbirth-in-fifteenth-century-franco-flemish-devotional-manuscripts/feed/ 0 Reading and meditation in the Middle Ages: Lectio divina and books of hours http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/reading-and-meditation-in-the-middle-ages-lectio-divina-and-books-of-hours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/reading-and-meditation-in-the-middle-ages-lectio-divina-and-books-of-hours/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:58:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37481 This article aims to shed light on the practice of reading the book of hours by considering who engaged in this practice, how the book of hours was read, and what the goal of such reading activity was.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/reading-and-meditation-in-the-middle-ages-lectio-divina-and-books-of-hours/feed/ 0 15th-century Book of Hours comes to South Carolina http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/13/15th-century-book-of-hours-comes-to-south-carolina/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/13/15th-century-book-of-hours-comes-to-south-carolina/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:20:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35646 A 15th-century Book of Hours has been recently purchased by the University of South Carolina, and students and the public will soon be able to see the valuable medieval text in person and online.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/13/15th-century-book-of-hours-comes-to-south-carolina/feed/ 0 Time and the Flower: Significant Images of the Passage of Time in the Floral Borders of the Hours of Catherine of Cleves http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/time-and-the-flower-significant-images-of-the-passage-of-time-in-the-floral-borders-of-the-hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/time-and-the-flower-significant-images-of-the-passage-of-time-in-the-floral-borders-of-the-hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:31:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28750 The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, produced in the Netherlands c.1440-45, is one of the most beautiful and complex illuminated manuscript of the late Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/time-and-the-flower-significant-images-of-the-passage-of-time-in-the-floral-borders-of-the-hours-of-catherine-of-cleves/feed/ 0 An Investigation into a French Fifteenth-Century Book of Hours http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/an-investigation-into-a-french-fifteenth-century-book-of-hours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/an-investigation-into-a-french-fifteenth-century-book-of-hours/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:21:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28724 Louisiana State University proudly owns an authentic medieval manuscript called a Book of Hours. Celebrated as the university’s two millionth volume, this exquisitely illuminated manuscript is thought to be the only Book of Hours in a public collection in Louisiana.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/22/an-investigation-into-a-french-fifteenth-century-book-of-hours/feed/ 0 The Meanings of Devotional Space: Female Owner-Portraits in Three French and Flemish Books of Hours http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/31/the-meanings-of-devotional-space-female-owner-portraits-in-three-french-and-flemish-books-of-hours/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/31/the-meanings-of-devotional-space-female-owner-portraits-in-three-french-and-flemish-books-of-hours/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:38:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16318 I would argue that owner-portraits create a new textual space for women. Indeed, they are the means of a new way, not just of seeing women, but also of women seeing.

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