Title: Painted Prayers
First published: 1997
Description: In Painted Prayers, the two key elements of Books of Hours are explored: the glorious illuminations and the texts. 107 color plates reproduce stellar pages from Books of Hours that range from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries and come from all the major manuscript-producing countries of Europe: France, Belgium, The Netherlands, England, Italy, and Spain. Mr.

Wieck's text offers explanations and translations of key passages from the various "Hours," psalms, Gospel lessons, hymns, litanies, and private prayers found in a typical Book of Hours. The Book of Hours is explored from illuminated manuscripts to the early printed editions of the same texts, leading us from the piety of the Gothic era into the culture of the Renaissance.
Subjects: Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance, Illustrations, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Illumination of books and manuscripts, Texts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Illustration of books, Literature, medieval, history and criticism
LC classification: ND3363.A1 W54 1997