The Murthly hours
Subtitle: devotion, literacy and luxury in Paris, England, and the Gaelic West
By: John Higgitt.
Contributors: British Library.
Series: The British Library studies in medieval culture
Publisher: the British Library; University of Toronto Press in association with the National Library of Scotland; The British Library
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: National Library of Scotland.; National Library of Scotland.; Murthly hours.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- England.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- France.; Murthly hours.; Enluminure anglaise.; Enluminure médiévale -- Angleterre.; Enluminure médiévale -- France.
Description: "The Murthly Hours is a luxurious manuscript, fashionably illuminated by Parisian artists of the late thirteenth century. Following its rediscovery in 1980, at Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, it is now one of the treasures of the National Library of Scotland (MS 21000).".

"The Murthly Hours: Devotion Literacy and Luxury in Paris, England and the Gaelic West examines the texts of the book of hours, the additions and the illumination of both parts of the manuscript, and traces the history and use of the book from the thirteenth century to the present.

Through close examination of the Murthly Hours John Higgitt raises broader discussions about contemporary illumination in France and England, the early book of hours, literacy and illuminated manuscripts in medieval Scotland, aristocratic taste, and the meaning (or lack of meaning) of the marginal imagery. The book also includes an edition and discussion by Ronald Black of the Gaelic charms and other fragments, which may be the second oldest examples of Gaelic written in Scotland.".

"This book will have a broad appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the history of medieval art, manuscripts, private devotion and literacy, as well as in the history of thirteenth-century England and later medieval Scotland."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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