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The best de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of Hours in Thirteenth-Century Oxford

The best de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of Hours in Thirteenth-Century Oxford, The de Brailes Hours is the earliest surviving independent Book of Hours dating from about 1240.

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The de Brailes Hours is the earliest surviving independent Book of Hours, dating from about 1240. The work of William de Brailes, of Oxford, it is lavishly illustrated throughout with miniatures and historiated initials of fine quality, with an interesting sequence of scenes. As the first example best of this new type of text, its design and iconography have much that is experimental; equally remarkable is the illuminator's handling of the complex programme of illustrations.

The best de Brailes Hours: Shaping the Book of Hours in Thirteenth-Century Oxford