Marking the Hours

Eamon Duffy

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication Date : 27/10/2006

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A fascinating study of the medieval "Book Of Hours", the prayer book used for private, domestic devotions, which teases out insights into the lives and times of their owners, from ordinary men and women to great figures such as Thomas More who kept a cherished copy as he awaited execution in the Tower. Richly illustrated.

Publisher's description:

Discusses the "Book of Hours". This work examines surviving copies of the personal prayer books, which were used for private, domestic devotions, and in which people commonly left traces of their lives. It teases out clues to the private thoughts and public contexts of their owners, and insights into the times in which they lived and prayed.

ISBN: 9780300117141