Books of Hours
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A book of hours is a Christian devotional book that was popular in the later Middle Ages. Books of Hours contain prayers to be said at specific hours in honor of the Virgin Mary. Books of Hours are the most common type of surviving illuminated Medieval manuscript.
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Medieval Facsimiles at the UNT Libraries: Books of Hours
The Visconti HoursCall Number: ND3363.V57 G72ISBN: 0807606510These illuminated volumes are dedicated to the representation of the naturalistic world and medicine. The Visconti Book of Hours is preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence.
Date of Original: 1390, completed after 1428
Location of Original: Milan, Italy
Facsimile Type: Full
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The Hours of Catherine of ClevesCall Number: ND3363.C3 P55 1966ISBN: 0214666670This book of hours was made around 1430 and contains detailed illustrations of everyday life in the 15th century. Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Date of Original: 1417-1476
Location of Original: Dutch
Facsimile Type: Full
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The Rohan Master: A Book of HoursCall Number: ND3363.R6 R613ISBN: 0807606901Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (Ms. latin 9471), Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Traditional title: Grandes Heures de Rohan. English catch title: Rohan Hours.
Date of Original: 15th Century
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Full- The Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen of FranceCall Number: 096.1 P961hISBN: 0870990683The book of hours of the wife of Charles the IV originates from the 14th century and was the first major French work to display delicate miniatures of the so-called demi-grisaille technique. Of the 209 folios comprising the original Book of Hours, forty-eight characteristic pages, including all the full-page pictures, are here illustrated.
Date of Original: 14th Century
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Deluxe 
The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke de BerryCall Number: ND3363.B5 T713 1989ISBN: 0807612200Miniatures from MS. 65 in the Bibliotheque of the Musee Conde, Chantilly, by the brothers Jean, Herman, and Pol de Limbourg, under the direction of Pol ; the work was completed by Jean Colombe.
Date of Original: 1412-1416
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Full
The Book of Hours of the Emperor Maximilian the FirstCall Number: ND3363.M3 M39 1974ISBN: 0913870013In Latin, with marginal translations and notes in English. This edition consists of a reproduction of the 62 folios in the Staatsbibliothek, Munich, and the 57 folios preserved at the Bibliotheque Municipale, Besançon, with the lacking signatures substituted from the undecorated copy of the Prayer Book at the Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.
Date of Original: 1513
Location of Original: Austria
Facsimile Type: Full
Prayer Book of Phillip II (Capitularia del siglo XVI de Felipe II)Call Number: BX2080.A35 P55 1570aISBN: 8488829175Facsimile of a 16th century manuscript commissioned by Philip II and now in the library of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo in El Escorial. Illuminations and decorations by Andrés de Léon and Julián de la Fuente el Saz.
Date of Original: 16th Century
Location of Original: Spain
Facsimile Type: True
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Book of hours of Doña Mencia De Mendoza (Officium Beate Marie uirginissecundum Romane curie)Call Number: BX2080.A35 M46 2002ISBN: 9788495767226Full-color facsimile of the 16th Century Book of Hours of Doña Mencia De Mendoza, Marquee of Zanete, from the Biblioteca del Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan guarda.
Date of Original: 15th Century
Location of Original: Spain
Facsimile Type: True
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Medieval Facsimiles at the UNT Libraries: Books of Hours
Book of Hours Isabella of Castile (Libro de horas de Isabel la Católica)Call Number: BX2080.A35 I83 1991ISBN: 8486290325A predominant feature of this work is the use of perspective, influenced by the Sienna school of the Trecento. Full-color facsimile of the 15th century manuscript, one of three or more books of hours associated with the name of Isabella I. In Latin.
Date of Original: 15th Century
Location of Original: Spain
Facsimile Type: True- The Grandes Heures of Jean, Duke of BerryCall Number: ND3363.B5 G713 c.2ISBN: 0807696138The Duke of Berry ordered this manuscript be painted by famous artists in 1407. Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (ms. lat. 919) belonging to the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.
Date of Original: 1340-1416
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Full 
Book of Hours, Huntington Manuscript HM 1173Call Number: ND3363.H4 H45ISBN: 0873281306This pamphlet reproduces in color facsimile seventeen decorated leaves from the Huntington manuscript HM 1173, a Book of Hours made about 1460-1465.
Date of Original: 1460-1465
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Full
The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean PoyetCall Number: ND3363.H57 W54 2000ISBN: 0807614777A product for the royal court of France containing daily devotionals and prayers with fifty-seven hand-painted images.
Date of Original: 15th-16th Century
Location of Original: France
Facsimile Type: Full- The Hours of Mary of BurgundyCall Number: BX2080.A35 M3 1995ISBN: 1872501877Written in the 1470's, its pages hold the key works of the Master of Mary of Burgundy, the most famous Flemish illuminator of the 15th century.
Date of Original: 1470s
Location of Original: Flanders
Facsimile Type: Full - Farnese Book of HoursCall Number: BX2080.A35 F27 2003ISBN: 3201018007The Farnese Hours, executed in Rome for Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (Pope Paul III), were decorated by the illuminator Giulio Clovio from 1537 to 1546. The scribe was Francesco Monterchi.
Date of Original: 1498-1578
Location of Original: Rome, Italy
Facsimile Type: Full 
The Prayer Book of Michelino da BesozzoCall Number: ND3380.M53 P7 1981ISBN: 080761016XThis daily prayer book is illustrated with the illuminations of Michelino da Besozzo.
Date of Original: 1420
Location of Original: Italy
Facsimile Type: Full
