Title:
De Villers Book of Hours
Subject:
De Villers family
Subject:
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- France -- 15th century
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Books of hours -- France -- 15th century
Subject:
Devotional calendars -- Catholic Church
Subject:
France -- History
Subject:
Manuscripts -- France -- 15th century
Description:
A prayer book intended for use by lay persons to recite daily the Divine Office, a complicated series of prayers that changed daily. Includes the following sections written mostly in medieval Latin: full calendar (in French), standard pericopes of the gospels (John 1:1-14, Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 2:1-12, and Mark 16:14-20), Passion according to John (John 18:1-19:42), Hours of the Virgin (use of Rome), Short hours of the Holy Cross and Holy Spirit, Penitential psalms and litany of saints, Office of the Dead (use of Rome), Obsecro te, Seven prayers of Saint Gregory the Great, Suffrages of Saints John the Baptist, Christopher, and Barbara. Also contains notes on the marriage, and on the birth and baptism of the children of Pierre de Villers and Jeanne de Chissiret, 1603-1621 (in French). Original given to USU libraries by L. Boyd and Anne McQuarrie Hatch. 181 illuminated pages.
Date:
1480? - 1490?
Type:
Text
Type:
Image
Format:
application/pdf
Medium:
books of hours
Medium:
illuminated manuscripts
Medium:
miniatures (paintings)
Identifier:
usuSCA-V-BOOK360.pdf
Identifier:
ark:/85142/t420928210632
Identifier:
http://n2t.net/ark:/85142/t420928210632
Citation:
De Villers Book of Hours. [Online Resource]. (1480? - 1490?). Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives. USU Digital History Collection. Retrieved from: http://n2t.net/ark:/85142/t420928210632
Source:
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Language:
lat
Language:
fre
Digital History Collection:
De Villers Book of Hours
Place:
France, http://sws.geonames.org/3017382
Time Period:
15th century
Time Period:
1480-1489
Time Period:
1490-1499
Rights Statement URI:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights Statement:
No Copyright - United States
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