Book Of Hours Definition

The book of hours relates to the popular devotional Christian book of the middle ages. Book of hours is a private devotional book containing prayers for each hours of a day, containing illustrations with illuminations. Books of hours normally contain calendars, psalms, prayers, and masses for holy days. Les Tres Riches Heures is a classic book of hours of France and is considered as the greatest success of the art of manuscript illumination. 
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