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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Books of hours"”.
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Objects and anxiety in late medieval English writing
… demonstrate that medieval goods were active and often animated participants in the daily lives of medieval individuals. My project demonstrates how, rather than merely giving voice to dead objects, these lively "things" speak about the emotional, sensual, and experiential lives of late medieval …
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A study of the hours of Charles Boddam
The paper is based on a study of an illuminated manuscript in the possession of St. David's College, Lampeter in Wales. Its title is derived from the name of an eighteenth-century owner of the book. As the title implies, the manuscript is a Book of Hours of the Virgin Mary, a favourite prayer-book …
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Bottoms Up! John of Arderne and the Interest in Surgical Manuscripts in Late Medieval England
… and institutions have coveted and cherished books which were simultaneously a practical means of storing and preservation knowledge and an accessory decorating the people, institutions, and societies that kept them. However, there is still so much we do not know about this early book-form, …
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En/gendering representations of childbirth in fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish devotional manuscripts
… have been uncritically used by historians of obstetric and social history to prove that childbirth was the one time when medieval women exercised power and control in an otherwise patriarchal society. However, as with all historical evidence, these images do not offer us unmediated access …
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Pilgrimage through the pages: pilgrim's badges in late medieval devotional manuscripts
… pilgrims travelling to popular holy shrines often purchased small, inexpensive metal badges to commemorate their visit. While these souvenirs were frequently worn on one’s clothing, hat, or bag, pilgrims began sewing the badges into the pages of their private prayer books—usually books of …
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The Portrait Potential Gender, Identity, and Devotion in Manuscript Owner Portraits, 1230–1320
<p>As the representation of specific, identifiable persons in art, portraiture often reflects ideas of selfhood or individuality while simultaneously participating in their construction. Since the introduction of physiognomic likeness into the visual language of western portraiture in the …