Painted Prayers
Books of hours
Literature, medieval, history and criticism
Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts
Illustration of books
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Illustrations
Texts
In Painted Prayers, the two key elements of Books of Hours are explored: the glorious illuminations and the texts. 107 color plates reproduce stellar pages from Books of Hours that range from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries and come from all the major manuscript-producing countries of Euro…
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