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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Reinburg, Virginia. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : French books of hours [Texte imprimé] : making an archive of prayer, c. 1400-1600 / Virginia Reinburg
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xiv, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-288) and index
"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"-- ; "The book of hours is one of the most familiar relics of medieval
and early modern Europe. Libraries, museums, and private collectors around the world
own thousands of them. That number represents but a fraction of all the books of hours
created between 1250 and 1600. Many were destroyed over the intervening centuries
of war, natural disaster, and religious change, not to mention the mundane ravages
of time. Still, the survival of so many examples and the diversity of their contents
make the book of hours an ideal source for exploring the history of art, religion,
and the book. Scholars have lavished attention on books of hours. Art historians write
about the books' fabrication, illustration, and patronage. Literary scholars and historians
shed light on texts, prayers, and readership. Abundant scholarship on the book of
hours has helped to make it the best known artifact of medieval and early modern culture"--
Sujet(s) : Livres d'heures -- France -- Histoire
Livres de prières et de dévotion -- France -- Histoire
Livres et lecture -- Société -- France -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107007215 (hardback). - ISBN 1107007216 (hardback) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42737897p
Notice n° :
FRBNF42737897
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