TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reinburg,Virginia
TI  - French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600
SN  - 9781139232081
AV  - BX2080 .R45 2012 
U1  - 242.0944 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Books of hours
KW  - France
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Livres d'heures
KW  - Livres et lecture
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Histoire
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Gebet
KW  - gnd
KW  - Stundenbuch
KW  - Getijdenboeken
KW  - gtt
KW  - ram
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - Frankrijk
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; French Books of Hours; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and a note on translations; Introduction; Part I: A Social History of the Book of Hours; Prologue to Part I; 1: Culture and commerce; The evolution of hourly prayer and the book of hours; The book of hours and intercessory prayer; Manuscripts; The advent of printing; How many printed books of hours?; Explaining the rise and decline of production; Cost and value; The social composition of book ownership; 2: Owners and their books; A portrait of the owners; The livre de raison and the family-owned book of hours"For the use of women"; Treasured possession and devotional object; 3: Prayer book and primer; French and Latin; Latin, the liturgy, and the book of hours; A sacred language?; Latin and French in the book of hours; A primer for literacy; Reading the book of hours; Image and imagination; Conclusion: A book for prayer and literacy; Part II: An Ethnography of Prayer; Prologue to Part II; 4: Words and rites; Prayer as speech; The colloquy style; The contract style; Charms, blessings, and recipes; Prayer as rite; Conclusion: Oral rites; 5: A fragment of a religionPraying to the saints; Prayer during the mass; Legends and promises; 6: Prayer to the Virgin Mary; The Annunciation; Mary's passion; Shrines and pilgrimage; Conclusion; Bibliography; 1. BOOKS OF HOURS; MANUSCRIPTS; PRINTED BOOKS OF HOURS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BY PUBLICATION DATE); 2. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; WORKS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1700; WORKS PUBLISHED AFTER 1700; 3. INTERNET RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON FRENCH BOOKS OF HOURS (LINKS VERIFIED ON 10 MARCH 2011); Index
N2  - How was the Book of Hours created and used as a book and what did it mean to its owners?
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