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A '''book of hours''' is a [[prayer]] [[book]] for private use that contains a schedule of daily prayers and sometimes [[liturgy]] for the week, month, or [[season]].  Books of hours also sometimes included [[calendar]]s.  These books were very popular in the late [[Middle Ages]] and were often richly [[illumination|illuminated]].  One of the most well-known books of hours is the ''[http://nicolasremy.free.fr/history/index.fr.html Tr&egrave;s Riches Heures du duc de Berry]''.

Possibly one of the nicest early examples is the ''De Brailes Hours'', which is covered in a modern book by Claire Donovan (ISBN 0802059511), which draws attention to the [[portrait]]s of artist and intended owner delicately included.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.nls.uk/murthlyhours/index.html The Murthly Hours] (1280s)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6458&CollID=20&NStart=83 The Howard Psalter and Hours] (1310s)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8020&CollID=21&NStart=17 The Maastricht Hours] (1310s)
* [http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Jde/jdesplash.htm The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux: Prayer Book for a Queen] (c. 1324–1328)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8148&CollID=58&NStart=13 The Taymouth Hours] (c. 1325-1335)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6440&CollID=58&NStart=27 The Hours of Yolande of Flanders] (c. 1353-1363)
* [http://littlepeople.net/artzhours/ The Artz Hours] (15th century)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8486&CollID=28&NStart=1070 The Hours of Rene d'Anjou] (c. 1410)
* [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry] (c. 1412-1416)
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6646&CollID=8&NStart=1251 The Hours of Eleanor of Worcester] (c. 1430) 
* [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6439&CollID=58&NStart=3 The Dunois Hours] (1440s)
* [http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/cgi-bin/wwwopac.exe?DATABASE=object&LANGUAGE=0&OPAC_URL=&%250=20027226 The Hennessey Hours] (1530s)
* [http://toisondor.byu.edu/dscriptorium/spalding/spalding.html Book of Hours Illuminated for the Daughter of Francis I] (1559)
* [http://medievalist.net/hourstxt/home.htm A Hypertext Book of Hours]


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