London, British Library, MS Add. 54782

Hastings Hours Facsimile Edition

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The Hastings Hours, with sixty-seven borders illuminated in the Ghent-Bruges style, is named for its first owner, William Hastings, courtier to Edward IV, King of England. Probably made in Ghent around 1480, it is a manuscript of prayers assembled for private Christian devotion centered on the Hours of the Virgin, a series of prayer services focused on the Virgin Mary. It is a lavishly illuminated volume with twenty-eight full-page miniatures attributed to the Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian. Among the painted borders are scenes depicting contemporary court life.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Hastings Hours": The Hastings Hours facsimile edition, published by Thames & Hudson, 1983

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.
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The Hastings Hours

London: Thames & Hudson, 1983

  • Commentary (English) by Turner, D. H.
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Hastings Hours: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

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