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The De Brailes Hours is an English illuminated manuscript made around 1240 and preserved in the British Library. It is an early surviving example of a Book of Hours, a private devotional book organized around prayers to be recited at the canonical hours. The manuscript is associated with William de Brailes, an illuminator active in Oxford whose signed or attributable works make him one of the relatively few named English manuscript artists of the thirteenth century.
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Who made the De Brailes Hours, and where is it kept today?
The De Brailes Hours is associated with William de Brailes, a 13th-century illuminator active in Oxford, England, and is preserved in the British Library in London as Additional MS 49999. William de Brailes is one of the very few medieval English artists whose name is known.
When was the De Brailes Hours created?
The De Brailes Hours was produced around 1240, placing it in the early Gothic period of English manuscript illumination. This dating makes it one of the earliest surviving English Books of Hours, predating the mass production of such devotional books by over a century.
What is a Book of Hours, and why is the De Brailes Hours significant?
A Book of Hours is a private devotional book organized around prayers recited at the canonical hours—fixed times of prayer throughout the day. The De Brailes Hours is significant because it is an early surviving example of this genre, which later became the most popular type of illuminated manuscript in medieval Europe.
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