The de Brailes Hours is the earliest surviving independent Book of Hours, dating from about 1240. The work of William de Brailes, of Oxford, it is illustrated throughout with miniatures and historiated initials with a sequence of scenes. As the first example of this new type of text, its design and iconography have much that is experimental. In this book, Claire Donovan provides a detailed discussion of the Hours, its iconography and its place in the 13th-century Oxford book trade, with about two-thirds of the manuscript reproduced in black and white and full-page colour illustrations of some of the finest illuminated pages. Claire Donovan studied art history at Oxford and East Anglia. Her doctoral thesis was on early Books of Hours in England.

The de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of hours in thirteenth-century Oxford

Politics & Social Sciences

Donovan, Claire

Social Sciences

British Library

The de Brailes Hours is the earliest surviving independent Book of Hours, dating from about 1240. The work of William de Brailes, of Oxford, it is lavishly illustrated throughout with miniatures and historiated initials of fine quality, with an interesting sequence of scenes. As the first example of this new type of text, its design and iconography have much that is experimental; equally remarkable is the illuminator’s handling of the complex programme of illustrations.Claire Donovan provides a detailed discussion of the Hours, its iconography and its place in the thirteenth-century Oxford book trade, with five appendices, notes and bibliography. About two-thirds of the manuscripts is reproduced in black and white, with sixteen full-page colour illustrations of some of the finest illuminated pages

The de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of Hours in Thirteenth-Century Oxford (Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

University of Toronto Press

<p>Describes a 12th-century Bible made at Winchester Cathedral, and now in the library there. Includes many color and black-and-white photographs of the illuminated pages. The volume was never finished, and so gives important information about the process of creation. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

The Winchester Bible

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Univ of Toronto Pr

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