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As I covered much of the ground intended for this blog post in my first blog post – the 19th-century replacement cover, the damage done to the inner pages, the degradation of the spine, etc. – I’ve decided to focus instead on the more abstract version of the afterlife for my pet book, beginning with … Read more

The vast majority of images in my Book of Hours are marginal illustrations. They surround the text block on all four sides in their own panels. Although there are also a number of framed miniatures, illuminations that take up the entirety of the text block, most of the pages look like this: I believe that … Read more

Mise En Page The photo above shows a fairly standard set of pages from this book of hours. Although I think the pages are broadly readable, at least compared with many religious texts we have seen, I would say that the intricacy of the pages and the visual awe they were intended to inspire ultimately … Read more

The book that I have decided to adopt is a French Book of Hours from 1498 called “Horae secundum usum Romanae Curiae,” which translates to “Hours according to the custom of the Roman Court,” according to an online translation tool I used. A modern handwritten translation of the title is offered on the first full … Read more