RT Book
T1 French books of hours: making an archive of prayer, c. 1400-1600
A1 Reinburg, Virginia 1954-
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/719694337
AB The Book of Hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe, the era's most commonly produced and owned book. This interdisciplinary study explores its increasing popularity and prestige, offering a full account of the Book of Hours as a book - how it was acquired, how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession. Based on the study of over 500 manuscripts and printed books from France, Virginia Reinburg combines a social history of the Book of Hours with an ethnography of prayer. Approaching the practice of prayer as both speech and ritual, she argues that a central part of the Book of Hours' appeal for lay people was its role as a bridge between the liturgy and the home. Reinburg describes how the Book of Hours shaped religious practice through the ways in which it was used.
AB A social history of the book of hours. Culture and commerce ; Owners and their books ; Prayer book and primer -- An ethnography of prayer. Words and rites ; A fragment of a religion ; Prayer to the Virgin Mary
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BX2080
SN 9781139030496
K1 Books of hours : France.
K1 Books and reading : Social aspects : France : History.
K1 Books and reading : History.
K1 Books and reading : France : History.
K1 Books : History, 400-1450.
K1 Books : History, 1450-1600.
K1 Books and reading : History
K1 Books and reading : France : History
K1 Books : History : 400-1450
K1 Books : History : 1450-1600
K1 Books and reading : Social aspects : France : History
K1 Books of hours : France
K1 Books of hours ; France
K1 Books and reading ; Social aspects ; France ; History
K1 Books and reading ; History
K1 Books and reading ; France ; History
K1 Books ; History ; 400-1450
K1 Books ; History ; 1450-1600
DO 10.1017/CBO9781139030496