Books of Hours
 
 

 
 
TURNING THE PAGES
 
Turn the pages of the
“Hours of Francis I"
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VIDEOS
 
Professor Hindman on
Printed Book of Hours
 

 

 
  This site presents Books of Hours, the medieval “bestseller,” for sale by Les Enluminures. It includes full descriptions and images for every Book of Hours on the site. Examples represent a wide range of Books of Hours available on the market, manuscripts made in France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Italy and dating from c. 1400 to c. 1540. Some printed Books of Hours are included. Tutorials offer tools for learning more about Books of Hours. For research purposes, Archives includes Books of Hours from the site that have been sold by Les Enluminures. Visitors can search by artist, country, date, price range, and reference number. Explore the enduring fascination Books of Hours held for their owners, then and now.