#Book of Hours

[cuties-in-codices]

drawings of flowers and cherries at the margins of a manuscript made to look like real material objects affixed to the page

in a book of hours, flanders, ca. 1520

source: Vienna, Österr. Nationalbibl., Cod. 2730, f. 7r-9r.

#i'm in love with these btw #marginalia #illuminated manuscript #illumination #renaissance #flowers #plants #16th century #book of hours #manuscript

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft.

Artist/Maker: Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died ca. 1479, active about 1451-1479)

Date: ca. 1469

Place of origin: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink.

#history #museum #15th century #15th century art #middle ages #illuminated manuscript #illuminated #book of hours #folio #manuscript #mary magdalene #maria magdalena #Taddeo Crivelli #getty #ca. 1469

[aeolianasio]

reads like warning text in cultist simulator/book of hours that i would simply ignore

#somehow more threatening than just saying 'this machine will fucking kill you' #anyway #joy is the correct emotion for when your silly little guy is irreparably altered by the horrors i think #i am staring directly at that one CS ending where you turn yourself into a giant bug specifically #book of hours #cultist simulator #book of hours game #also i haven't found anything like this in book of hours *yet* #but i know it's there somewhere

[thebeautifulbook]

KING FRANÇOIS I BOOK OF HOURS (1578)

A dazzling masterpiece of the French Renaissance.

This small prayer book is bound in enamelled gold and gemstones. It was purchased in 1538 by King Francis I of France as a gift for his niece. The gems consist of carnelian (two intaglios and eight cameos), rubies (27 polished pieces), turquoise (24 cabochons) and rhodolite (one faceted stone in the book’s clasp that has been described as tourmaline since 1942). Most of the rubies were mined from the Mogok area of Burma (now Myanmar). Based on historical considerations, the turquoise could have originated from Persia or possibly Uzbekistan, and the carnelian from either India or Saxony. The faceted rhodolite from India or Sri Lanka, was most likely added to the clasp between 1842 and 1884. [view large]

source

#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #vintage books #book of hours #treasure binding #book binding #book design #french #jeweled #illuminated manuscript #illuminated

[most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer]

My illuminated manuscript-style illustration for terpsichorean's fic, A Heavy Burden, as part of the @go-minisode-minibang 2024!

The story takes place in 1518 Strasbourg and Aziraphale receives a book of hours as a gift in it, so I decided to stick with the theme!

Check out the scanned pages of the book of hours I used as my primary reference here: The Morgan Library & Museum

#this was so fun to make but now i am so sad 'monk who copies book texts and decorates the margins' is not a job anymore smh #good omens #good omens fanart #good omens au #gomm 2024 #go minisode minibang #illuminated manuscript #book of hours #ineffable wives #aziracrow

[motherfucker-unlimited]

Dumb Cultsim/Book of Hours memes I made for some reason

#cultist simulator #book of hours #cultsim #weather factory

[daweyt]

Rainer Maria Rilke, from “Book of Hours”, originally published c. 1905.

#Rainer Maria Rilke #Book of Hours #Austrian Literature #Poetry #Quotes #Lit

[chromodorid]

in light of the librarian showing us just how unhinged the cultist is i bet the cultsim patrons don't actually need the cultist for new information or anything they just commission those essays because they want to see what that weird feral idiot's doing with those lore bits

like mme bechet and count jannings are only calling the cultist up because the kerisham review readers/the count's bros see the insane ramblings the cultist puts into every article and they eat that shit up

#cultist simulator #cultsim #book of hours #weather factory

[growleaf]

this is all book of hours is about

#book of hours #i feed you a pear and i feed you a pear and i

[cuties-in-codices]

reynard the fox as a clergyman, with birds in his cowl

in the book of hours of mary of burgundy, flanders, ca. 1470

source: Vienna, ÖBN, Cod. 1857, fol. 59v

#15th century #book of hours #mary of burgundy #illuminated manuscript #marginalia #medieval art #medieval marginalia #medieval manuscript #birds #sorry for the misinformation it's not a kangaroo

[dailymanuscript]

Folio 62 verso, Black Book of Hours (Morgan MS M.493)

#01 11 2023 • 48 notes #manuscript #illuminated manuscript #book of hours #Morgan MS M.493 #c: flemish #y: 1400s #l: latin #t: page

[laura-the-locust]

The cultist, after reading a book: Aha! I've found this incantation hidden between the lines that will allow me to summon a violent creature of the Thunderskin! Then my rival will surely perish at its hand!

The librarian, after reading the same book: Alright, I know how to play drums now. I'm gonna play a fun tune for my midwife neighbor :) and then she'll help me clean up that one room :)

#book of hours #cultist simulator #secret histories #weather factory

[artschoolglasses]

Miniature from the “Hours of Catherine of Cleves,” The Master of Catherine of Cleves, 1440

#miniature #the hours of Catherine of cleves #hell #devil #the master of Catherine of cleves #master of Catherine of cleves #1440 #1440s #1400s #15th century #manuscript #illuminated manuscript #book of hours #painting #art #medieval

[classic-art-favourites]

Saint Lifard by Jean Bourdichon, 1503-1508.

#classic art #illustration #jean bourdichon #french artist #16th century #renaissance #book of hours #christian art #saints #saint lifard #liphardus #clergy #man #dragon #balcony

[thepastisalreadywritten]

By Leslie Patrick

1 August 2023

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536), King Henry VIII's second queen, is often portrayed as a seductress and ultimately the woman responsible for changing the face of religion in England.

In reality, she was a fiercely intelligent and pious woman dedicated to education and religious reform.

But after her arrest and execution on false charges of adultery and incest in May 1536, Henry VIII was determined to forget her memory.

Her royal emblems were removed from palace walls, her sparkling jewels tucked away in dark coffers, and her precious books disappeared from the pages of time.

One of Boleyn’s books that has reappeared is the Book of Hours, a stunning prayer book, printed around 1527 with devotional texts designed to be read throughout the day, features hand-painted woodcuts — as well as a rare example of the queen’s own writing.

In the margins of one of the beautifully decorated pages, she penned a rhyming couplet followed by her signature:

“Remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day, Anne Boleyn.”

The book vanished with Boleyn’s execution in 1536, then resurfaced around 1903 when it was acquired by the American millionaire William Waldorf Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) after he purchased Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home in the English countryside.

The hiding place of the disgraced queen’s devotional tome had been a mystery for centuries, until recent research by a university student uncovered hidden signatures that helped trace its path through history.

The discovery

The book’s whereabouts in the 367 years between Boleyn’s death and its reemergence remained puzzling until 2020 when Kate McCaffrey, then a graduate student at the University of Kent working on her master’s thesis about Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours, found something unexpected in the margins of the book.

“I noticed what appeared to be smudges to the naked eye,” recalls McCaffrey, assistant curator at Hever Castle since 2021.

Intrigued, she borrowed an industrial-strength ultraviolet light and set it up in the darkest room of Hever Castle.

Ultraviolet light is often used to examine historical documents because ink absorbs the ultraviolet wavelength, causing it to appear darker against the page when exposed.

“The words just came through. It was incredible to see them underneath the light, they were completely illuminated,” the curator recalls.

McCaffrey’s theory is that the words were erased during the late Victorian era when it was popular to cleanse marginalia from books or manuscripts.

But thanks to her extraordinary detective work, these erased words turned out to be the key that unlocked the tale of the book’s secret journey from certain destruction at the royal court to safety in the hands of a dedicated group of Boleyn’s supporters.

The guardians

Indeed, various pages throughout the text reveal the names and notations of a string of Kentish women — Elizabeth Hill, Elizabeth Shirley, Mary Cheke, Philippa Gage, and Mary West — who banded together to safeguard Anne's precious book and keep her memory alive.

While it’s unclear how the book was initially passed to these women, Anne Boleyn expert Natalie Grueninger suggests it was gifted by Anne to a woman named Elizabeth Hill.

Elizabeth grew up near Hever Castle, and her husband, Richard Hill, was sergeant of the King’s Cellar at Henry VIII’s court.

There are records of the Hill’s playing cards with the king, and there may have been a friendship between Elizabeth and the queen that prompted Boleyn to pass her prayer book on before her execution.

“This extended Kentish family kept the book safe following Anne’s demise, which was an incredibly brave and bold act considering it could have been considered treasonous,” says Grueninger, podcaster and author of the book The Final Year of Anne Boleyn.

Anne’s Book of Hours was passed between mothers, daughters, sisters, and nieces until the late sixteenth century, when the last name makes its appearance in its margins.

“This story is an example of the women in the family prioritizing loyalty, friendship, fidelity, and a personal connection to Anne,” says McCaffrey.

“The fact that the women have kept it safe is a really beautiful story of solidarity, community, and bravery.”

The book, currently on display at Hever Castle, is a touchstone of the enigma that was Anne Boleyn.

Castle historian and assistant curator Owen Emmerson points out that the book contains Anne’s DNA on the pages from where she touched and kissed it during her daily devotions.

“This was a really beloved possession of hers,” says Emmerson.

“Because of what happened to Anne Boleyn, we don’t have a vast amount of information in Anne’s own words. But the physical remnants of her use of the book, and the construction of that beautiful little couplet, have her identity in them.”

While Anne’s Book of Hours has finally found its way home, the research into this intriguing historical mystery is not yet over.

McCaffrey continues to chart the book’s provenance through the centuries to find out where it was hiding all this time.

The discovery of the inscriptions illuminates the book’s furtive journey, providing us with a glimpse into the controversy, loyalty, and fascination that Anne Boleyn has engendered for the past 500 years.

#Anne Boleyn #King Henry VIII #Book of Hours #William Waldorf Astor #Hever Castle #Kate McCaffrey #University of Kent #ultraviolet light #Natalie Grueninger #Owen Emmerson #Elizabeth Hill #Elizabeth Shirley #Mary Cheke #Philippa Gage #Mary West #The Tudors #House of Tudor #British Royal Family

[toweringclam]

It's really weird, but it also totally makes sense that Judaism exists in the Secret Histories canon. Like Christianity does not exist, and the word's still out on other major world religions, but Book of Hours confirms that Judaism is 100% A Thing in this world.

But like...Persians exist. Englishmen exist. Every other culture and ethnicity exists. So, of course Jews exist, and with that comes Judaism. It's a package deal. Even for non-practicing Jews. Even for Jews raised gentile. Religion, culture, and ethnicity are inextricably linked.

Meanwhile, Christianity doesn't really have that base. You can literally swap out Jesus for Dionysus or Mithras, and history turns out mostly the same. And that's what they did, making the Church based around Sol Invictus instead. The cathedral doesn't have crosses, it has sun wheels instead.

But in this one tower you find a menorah, because a Jewish doctor once lived here. And that really means something.

#judaism #secret histories #cultist simulator #book of hours #weather factory