| 单词 | book of hours |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBook of Hours Book of Hours n. (also with lower-case initials) historical a devotional book of a type popular in the later Middle Ages, spec. one intended for private reading and meditation by the laity and containing prayers or offices appointed for certain hours of the day, days of the week, seasons, etc.; cf. primer n.1 1.A characteristic feature of many surviving medieval books of hours is their rich and colourful illumination, often depicting seasonally appropriate activities.Also shortened to hours (see hour n. 5). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > other books > [noun] > devotional book primer1378 ordinarya1475 rosary1525 diurnal?a1550 Book of Hours1709 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xix. 227 This Book doth Mr.Cosins mention in the Preface to his Book Of Hours, Entitled, A Collection of Private Devotions in the Practice of the Ancient Church. 1773 Catal. Museum Curiosities James West 21 A most curious Book of Hours, with illuminations of the finest colouring. 1848 Rambler 19 Aug. 368/1 The books of Hours for the use of the faithful did not contain the Ordinary of the Mass. A translation into the vulgar tongue of the Canon of the Mass would have been regarded as a profanation. 1921 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. 48 260 The ‘Books of Hours’ or ‘Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis’..received their name from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary which forms the most important part of these laymen's prayer books. 1964 Time 25 Dec. 40/3 Some of the medieval age's greatest treasures are its books of hours... These Christian almanacs are crammed with prayers, psalms, and calendars of saints' days. 2008 K. Swift Morville Hours (2009) 41 The Bodleian Library's most precious Book of Hours—known as the Breviary of Henry VII or the Hours of the Fastolf Master, sumptuously illuminated in France in about 1440-50 for a wealthy English patron. < as lemmas |
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