A book of hours is a medieval illuminated manuscript. Their are a variety of books of hours out there but all contain religious text, prayers, psalms, and religious illustrations for Catholic Christian worship and devotion.
The fine Scott Brown, editor of Fine Books and Collections Magazine, talks about collecting Books of Hours on the AbeBooks website.
From the story:
As a group, Books of Hours are arguably the most beautiful of all books...Despite their strongly religious origin, the books served more as status symbols and fashion accessories than paths to heaven, a fact testified to in the large number of copies that survive in exceptional condition.
Now if I only had about $32,000 kicking around I could get a pretty nice one.
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