officeofthedead

Book of Hours, f.128v, (184 x 133 mm), 15th century, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-02.

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• mikescottnz said:

  A great version of the 'Book of Hours' in many there are changing depictions of the old testament Lucifer the fallen angel to the medieval epoch of the 'Devil'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours A typical book of hours contains: A Calendar of Church feasts An excerpt from each of the four gospels The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary The fifteen Psalms of Degrees The seven Penitential Psalms A Litany of Saints An Office for the Dead The Hours of the Cross[2] Various other prayers Most 15th-century books of hours have these basic contents. The Marian prayers Obsecro te ("I beseech thee") and O Intemerata ("O undefiled one") were frequently added, as were devotions for use at Mass, and meditations on the Passion of Christ, among other optional texts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_Duc_de_B...