PRINTED BOOKS OF HOURS FROM FIFTEENTH

The book offers an in-depth examination of the production, distribution, and use, from the late fifteenth century to the present, of the 74 editions of Books of Hours printed in Italy in the fifteenth century, 198 copies of which have survived. They are today in 8 2 libraries in 16 countries in Europe and North America. Special attention is paid to the transmission of the texts in print, their stemma editionum, the cycle of illustrations, and the identification of buyers and users, including the question of the price of the se first ...[Read more]