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Books of hours (Latin: horae) are Christian prayer books, which were used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages, and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript.
Learn about the history, function, and decoration of books of hours, popular devotional texts with paintings and prayers for the nonordained. Explore examples from the Met's collection and discover the stories behind them.
Books of hours were among the most widely produced medieval manuscripts. These prayer books structured time for their readers and met the demand for private Christian devotion.
Learn about the book of hours, a popular devotional book in the later Middle Ages that contained prayers to the Virgin Mary. See examples of lavishly decorated and illuminated books of hours, such as the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry.
Learn about the medieval best seller, a prayer book devoted to the Virgin Mary, with illuminated paintings and various sections. Discover the history, structure and significance of the Book of Hours in late medieval Christian culture.
Book of Hours. This volume showcases the final and most exuberant phase of manuscript illumination. It represents the highest point in the development of the Book of Hours, the quintessential text for private devotion and a cornerstone of the European book trade by c. 1500.
The Book of Hours (German: Das Stunden-Buch) is a collection of poetry by the Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926). The collection was written between 1899 and 1903 in three parts, and first published in Leipzig by Insel Verlag in April 1905.
