French books of hours : making an archive of prayer, c. 1400-1600 [Texte imprimé] / Virginia Reinburg
LivresLangue: anglais.Éditeur : Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description : 1 vol. (xiv, 297 p.) :
ill. ;
24 cmISBN: 978-1-10-700721-5; 978-1-107-46006-5; 1-10-700721-6.Résumé : "The book of hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe, the era's most commonly produced and owned book. This interdisciplinary study explores its increasing popularity and prestige, offering a full account of the book of hours as a book - how it was acquired, how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession. Based on the study of over 500 manuscripts and printed books from France, Virginia Reinburg combines a social history of the book of hours with an ethnography of prayer. Approaching the practice of prayer as both speech and ritual, she argues that a central part of the book of hours' appeal for lay people was its role as a bridge between the liturgy and the home. Reinburg describes how the book of hours shaped religious practice through the ways in which it was used"[4éme de couv.]--Sujet - Nom commun: Livres et lecture -- Aspect social France | 027237141France 
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Bibliogr. p. 242-288. Index
"The book of hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe, the era's most commonly produced and owned book. This interdisciplinary study explores its increasing popularity and prestige, offering a full account of the book of hours as a book - how it was acquired, how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession. Based on the study of over 500 manuscripts and printed books from France, Virginia Reinburg combines a social history of the book of hours with an ethnography of prayer. Approaching the practice of prayer as both speech and ritual, she argues that a central part of the book of hours' appeal for lay people was its role as a bridge between the liturgy and the home. Reinburg describes how the book of hours shaped religious practice through the ways in which it was used"[4éme de couv.]--
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