description: The de Brailes Hours is the earliest surviving independent Book of Hours, dating from about 1240. The work of William de Brailes, of Oxford, it is illustrated throughout with miniatures and historiated initials with a sequence of scenes. As the first example of this new type of text, its design and iconography have much that is experimental.
language: English
title: The de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of hours in thirteenth-century Oxford
titlecomplete: The de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of hours in thirteenth-century Oxford
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publisher: British Library