LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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popular books before the invention of the printing press
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books of prayers used at Christian Mass
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books of information about the history of the Church
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private books of prayers to be recited throughout the day
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is a series of prayers and praise for the Virgin Mary as the mother of Jesus, meant to be recited at the eight canonical hours. In addition to the Hours of the Virgin, books of hours may include five to twenty-five further elements, of which some of the most common are a calendar (22.24.
Detailed explanation-2: -breviary, also called liturgy of the hours, liturgical book in the Roman Catholic Church that contains the daily service for the divine office, the official prayer of the church consisting of psalms, readings, and hymns that are recited at stated hours of the day.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manuscripts known as “books of hours” were among the most widely produced and used during the Middle Ages. These decorated prayer books not only structured time for their readers (over a day, a year, and a lifetime) but their creation reveals an increasing demand for private and personalized Christian devotion.
Detailed explanation-4: -The typical book of hours is an abbreviated form of the breviary, which contains the Divine Office recited in monasteries.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Book of Hours was an extremely popular type of prayer book that enabled laypeople to imitate the daily cycle of prayers that monks and nuns performed in their monasteries. 100s of Books of Hours survive from the late Middle Ages.