{"id":2370,"date":"2009-09-30T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:33:34","slug":"book-of-hours-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2009\/09\/30\/book-of-hours-september-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Book of Hours &#8211; September 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/book-of-hours.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the Shepherds calendar with three shepherds looking up to the sky with a farm and sheep in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-2371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/book-of-hours.jpg 522w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/files\/2020\/03\/book-of-hours-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption>Page showing the Shepherds calendar from Catholic Church.\u00a0<em>Enchiridion p[re]clare ecclesie Sarum: deuotissimis precationibus, ac venutissimis imaginib[us] et ijs quidem non paucis refertum.<\/em><br>(Parisijs: Ex officina libraria vidue spectabilis viri Thielmanni Keruer, 1528)<br><strong>(Robinson Collection, Robinson 325)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This Catholic Book of Hours dates from 1528. It is part of the Robinson Collection &#8211; bequeathed in 1998 by Marjorie Robinson, widow of antiquarian bookseller, Philip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A book of hours is a primer, or horae, containing devotions and prayers for private use, in imitation of the prayer-life of ecclesiastics. Often, the Hours of the Virgin are attached to the Psalter and liturgical calendars, suffrages and a litany of the saints may also be appended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book of hours was in general use into the Sixteenth Century. This one, like most, is beautifully illuminated. It is a small object &#8211; a duodecimo -, on vellum and with the remnants of a brown cloth binding, with blue velvet spine, a metal centrepiece, four metal cornerpieces, an ornamental metal clasp and gilt edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Catholic Book of Hours dates from 1528. It is part of the Robinson Collection &#8211; bequeathed in 1998 by Marjorie Robinson, widow of antiquarian bookseller, Philip. A book of hours is a primer, or horae, containing devotions and prayers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2009\/09\/30\/book-of-hours-september-2009\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":2371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[613,611,366,612],"class_list":["post-2370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-treasure-of-the-month","tag-16th-century","tag-book-of-hours","tag-catholic-church","tag-prayers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}