BOOK OF HOURS

form of prayer book developed in the 14th cent. from the prayers of clerics appended to the main service. The subjects of the miniature illustrations (see miniature painting) were frequently derived from the appendix of the Psalter. The book of hours served as a devotional work containing various prayers and meditations appropriate to seasons, months, days of the week, and hours of the day. Many such books are masterpieces of illumination and were symbols of refinement and wealth in fashionable houses of the 15th cent. Jean, duc de Berry, was among the most renowned collectors of books of hours, and his Très Riches Heures (Musée Condé, Chantilly), illustrated in part by the Limbourg brothers (c.1415), is among the greatest achievements in this genre.

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-6383-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Book of Hours
We found: 103523 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

63159  

 

Journal articles:

 

10391  

 

Magazine articles:

 

8749  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

21210  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

14  
 

books on: Book of Hours  - 63159 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The Rohan Book of Hours
Book by Jean Porcher; Faber and Faber, 1959
Subjects: Books Of Hours, Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts--France--Paris, Miniature Painting--France--Paris
...edited by Walter Oakeshott The Rohan Book of Hours -2- THE ROHAN BOOK OF HOURS with an introduction and notes by JEAN...of Francis I, Duc de Bretagne an important Book of Hours which subsequently belonged to Isabella Stuart...
2.
The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God
Book by Annemarie S. Kidder, Rainer Maria Rilke; Northwestern University Press, 2001
Subjects: German Poetry--20th Century--Poetry
>> The Book of Hours Rainer Maria Rilke The Book of Hours Prayers to a Lowly God A BILINGUAL...Stundenbuch. English German The book of hours : prayers to a lowly god / Rainer Maria...
3.
Books of Hours
Book by Janet Backhouse; British Library, 1985
Subjects: Books Of Hours, Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination Of Books And Manuscripts, Renaissance
...Egerton MS 2653 , f. 14. The Book of Hours was the standard book of popular...is with justification that the Book of Hours has been described as the biggest...popular title, the core of a Book of Hours -- the eight services which make...
4.
Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture
Book by Clyde R. Forsberg Jr.; Columbia University Press, 2004
Subjects: Book Of Mormon--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Freemasonry--Religious Aspects--Mormon Church--History--19th Century, Mormon Church--Doctrines--History--19th Century, United States--Church History--19th Century, Women--Religious Aspects--Mormon Church--History Of Doctrines--19th Century
...must be a uniform text-book. The FREEMASONS MONITOR must of course possess the...twice in twenty-four Hours; my body to be burnt...their meaning. The Book of Mormon includes a discussion...extempo- raneously for hours at a stretch. Although...
5.
Hume's System: An Examination of the First Book of His Treatise
Book by David Pears; Oxford University Press, 1990
Subjects: Hume, David--1711-1776--Treatise Of Human Nature--Book 1, Knowledge, Theory Of, Philosophy Of Mind
...An Examination of the First Book of his Treatise DAVID PEARS OXFORD...system: an examination of the first book of his "treatise" 1. English philosophy...system: an examination of the first book of his Treatise / David Pears...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Book of Hours  - 10391 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
"You Have Been Framed": The Function of Ekphrasis for the Representation of Women in John Banville's Trilogy (the Book of Evidence, Ghosts, Athena)
Journal article by Anja Muller; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 36, 2004
Subjects: Athena (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Banville, John--Criticism and interpretation, Ghosts (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, The Book of Evidence (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...allow for it--and Freddie is very unwilling to do so in The Book of Evidence--all his attempts will be doomed to failure...when a group of people are forced to spend a couple of hours in the house of the professor, because their ship has run...
2.
Reading the 'Fine Print' in the Catskills: John Burroughs Reinterprets the Book of Nature
Journal article by Charlotte Zoe Walker; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 21, 2007
Subjects: Burroughs, John--Criticism and interpretation, Burroughs, John--Influence, Burroughs, John--Works, Natural philosophers--Excerpts, Philosophy of nature--Works, The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History (Book)--Excerpts
...For Burroughs, reading the Book of Nature had the opposite...Communion service is at all hours and the bread and wine are...disinterested use of the Book-of-Nature metaphor: "Let us...to detail in "reading the Book of Nature aright," and is vigilant...
3.
Tamarah Kohanski, the Book of John Mandeville
Journal article by M.C. Seymour; Medium Aevum, Vol. 73, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Book of John Mandeville, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (Book)--Book reviews
...Tamarah Kohanski, The Book of John Mandeville, Medieval...of one manuscript, three hours study reveals the essential...preserves a greater number of readings attributable to...manuscripts is false. This book demeans the series in which...
4.
A Printing Devil, a Scottish Mummy, and an Edinburgh Book of the Dead: James Hogg's Napoleonic Complex
Journal article by Karen Fang; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 43, 2004
Subjects: Hogg, James--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Romanticism (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, Scottish literature--Criticism and interpretation, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...parthogenesis--clinging to the perdurability of book over body, Wringhim takes comfort...have his name written in the ... book of life," now wants nothing more than...describes The Private Memoirs as a "Book of the Dead." (33) While the force of...
5.
Andre Neher's Reading of the Book of Amos
Journal article by Paul B. Fenton; European Judaism, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Amos (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Bible. O.T. Amos (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Jewish authors--Criticism and interpretation, Jewish literature--Criticism and interpretation, Jewish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Neher, Andre--Criticism and interpretation
...the Middle Ages in a modern, academic elucidation of the book of Amos. This is a conscious decision, made in 1948, that...course was devised, in which the lecturer was to give five hours a week of Hebrew grammar and three hours of textual commentary...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Book of Hours  - 8749 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
The Hunting Year: Richard Almond Deciphers the Meaning of a Set of Illuminations Illustrating an Unusual Book of Hours Made in Germany around the Year 1500
Magazine article by Richard Almond; History Today, Vol. 55, August 2005
Subjects: Book and manuscript illumination--History, Book and manuscript illumination--Methods, Book and manuscript illumination--Usage, Devotional literature--History, Devotional literature--Usage, Illumination of books and manuscripts--History, Illumination of books and manuscripts--Methods, Illumination of books and manuscripts--Usage, Manuscripts, Medieval--History, Manuscripts, Medieval--Usage, Medieval manuscripts--History, Medieval manuscripts--Usage
...Illuminations Illustrating an Unusual Book of Hours Made in Germany around the Year...to artisans and shopkeepers. A Book of Hours opens, typically, with a Calendar...Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Book of Hours usually contains a fairly predictable...
2.
Foxes' Book of Martyrs and the Face of England
Magazine article by David Loades; History Today, Vol. 55, December 2005
Subjects: British history, 1066-1688, Catholic Church--History, Foxe, John--Works, Martyrs--History, Religious persecution--History, The Book of Martyrs (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation
...fifteenth-century heresy laws returned to the statute book. It became once more a capital offence...John Rogers in February 1555, nearly 300 of them were to be burned alive over the next...followed her to the grave within a matter of hours. There was only one possible successor...
3.
Book of the Year: Matthew Engel Gives a Wary Welcome to the Newest Member of the Almanack Club
Magazine article by Matthew Engel; New Statesman, Vol. 134, December 19, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Schott's Almanac 2006 (Book)
...country for the idle" (Norwegians work 1,337 hours a year, according to OECD figures, while...to leave Im a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! in 2004; that the 75th anniversary...fascinating stuff. It is to me, anyway. Schotts book is a wonderful achievement, and is evidently...
4.
Book of Days
Magazine article by Emily Fox Gordon; American Scholar, Vol. 72, Winter 2003
Subjects: Authorship--Personal narratives, Familiar essays, Memoirs, Mockingbird Years (Book)--Authorship
...the Personal Essay. The contents of this book were a revelation to me. I read Orwells...bonelessness, cultivated through long hours of reverie, had made my mind pliant...I published my first (and only) book, a memoir called Mockingbird Years...
5.
The Book of Dave: In Conversation with the Editor of GQ, the Would- Be Prime Minister Reveals ... That He "Doesn't Really like Pot Noodles"
Magazine article by Brian Cathcart; New Statesman, Vol. 137, August 25, 2008
Subjects: Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones (Book), Cameron, David--Appreciation, Jones, Dylan--Works, Journalists--Works, Prime ministers--Appreciation
The Book of Dave: In Conversation with the Editor of GQ, the Would- Be Prime Minister...Winehouse (though he buys the albums of both), that he needs six or seven hours sleep a night, and that long ago his father took the Times and the Express...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Book of Hours  - 21210 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
TALLEST SHORTEST FASTEST BIGGEST Dpounds AREST; Old Favourites Such as the Tallest Man Are Joined by the More Bizarre in the Guinness Book of World Records out Yesterday
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 23, 2005
Subjects: Guinness Book of World Records (Book)
...And the 2006 edition of the best-selling book - launched yesterday - reflects the trends and scientific advances of the modern world, alongside the traditional...Chile-Argentinian border. Most casinos played in 24 hours: In March 2004,British brothers Martin...
2.
Dee for DISASTER; Book of the Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 19, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Celebrities
Dee for DISASTER; Book of the Week. Byline...lasting only a couple of hours. Now aged 71 - he was...talking nonsense for hours on end and his skill...had another stroke of luck: the wife of Bill...this Black Box of a book is that it includes...
3.
The Heroes We Almost Forgot; Book of the Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 9, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews
...drifted alone in the dinghy with four dead men for 72 hours before he was rescued and taken prisoner by a German patrol boat off the Dutch coast. The book tells of lone survivors of ghastly crashes, of some heroes and...
4.
Comrades in Harm; (1)BOOK OF THE WEEK(2)REVIEW
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 6, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Communism
...despotic or potentially liberating. His book, he says, is an attempt to answer that...side. Confronted by Services amazing array of evidence to show that communism could only...wilful ignorance of its apologists. An hours listening disclosed the fanatical intolerance...
5.
How the Radio Foiled Dr Death; Book of the Week
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 18, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews
...of the Montrose was no fool; just three hours into the voyage, he spotted the Robinson...and there were little ridges on the top of Mr Robinsons nose, suggesting that he usually...Bangor LL57 4FB. These and other great book offers are also available at www.mailbookshop...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Book of Hours  - 14 results

       More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-14 >>  
 
1.
Book of Hours
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BOOK OF HOURS form of prayer book developed in the 14th cent. from the prayers of...painting ) were frequently derived from the appendix of the Psalter. The book of hours served as a devotional work containing various prayers and meditations...
2.
Illumination , in Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...psalters and books of hours . A few other sorts of manuscripts, such as the...birthplace of new ideas in book ornamentation at the beginning...medallion frameworks. Book size decreased, initials...grisaille , as in the Hours of Jeanne dEvreux (c.1325...
3.
Pucelle, Jean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...illumination and a stylistic landmark in his Hours of Jeanne dEvreux (c.1325; Cloisters, New York City). This tiny book of hours , commissioned for the Queen of France, was filled with exquisite, restrained drawings, many concerning the life of...
4.
Limbourg Brothers
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...duc de Berry. Their masterpiece is the magnificent book of hours known as the Tres Riches Heures (c.1415; Musee Conde...Chantilly). This is filled with exquisite illustrations of the daily life of the aristocracy and peasantry, including a series of...
5.
Boucicaut
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...several ballads and other poems. He commissioned the book of hours that is named after him. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-14 >>

Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact