A Hypertext Book of Hours

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All images come from the manuscript collection of theKoninklijke Bibliotheek in the Hague, and are used with their permission.

The headings below follow the structure of a generic Book of Hours, while the texts themselves are drawn primarily from theLatin/English Primer of 1599.

Contents

• Calendar
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
• Gospel Readings
  • John
  • Luke
  • Matthew
  • Mark
• Prayers
  • Obsecro te
  • O Intemerata
• The Hours of the Virgin as said during the greater part of the year (from the day after the Feast of the Purification, to the Vespers of the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent, with the exception of the Feast of the Annunciation, when they are said as in Advent):
  • Matins
  • Lauds
  • Prime
  • Terce
  • Sext
  • None
  • Vespers
  • Compline
• The Hours of the Virgin as said during the Advent season (from the Vespers of the Saturday before the first Sunday in Advent, to the Vespers of Christmas Eve), as well as on the Feast of the Annunciation:
  • Matins
  • Lauds
  • Prime
  • Terce
  • Sext
  • None
  • Vespers
  • Compline
• The Hours of the Virgin as said during the Christmas season (from the Vespers of Christmas Eve to the Compline of the Feast of the Purification):
  • Matins
  • Lauds
  • Prime
  • Terce
  • Sext
  • None
  • Vespers
  • Compline
• The Hours of the Cross
  • Matins
  • [there is no Lauds of the Cross in thePrimer of 1599]
  • Prime
  • Terce
  • Sext
  • None
  • Vespers
  • Compline
• The Hours of the Holy Spirit
  • Matins
  • [there is no Lauds of the Holy Spirit in thePrimer of 1599]
  • Prime
  • Terce
  • Sext
  • None
  • Vespers
  • Compline
• The Seven Penitential Psalms and Litanies
  • Psalm 6
  • Psalm 31
  • Psalm 37
  • Psalm 50
  • Psalm 101
  • Psalm 129
  • Psalm 142
  • Litanies
  • Prayers
• The Office for the Dead
  • Vespers
  • Matins
  • Lauds
• Suffrages
  • The Holy Trinity
  • The Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist
  • The Virgin Mary
  • Another to the same
  • Michael the Archangel
  • One's own Guardian Angel
  • Another to the same
  • John the Baptist
  • John the Evangelist
  • Peter and Paul
  • James
  • Andrew
  • All the Apostles
  • Stephen
  • Christopher
  • Lawrence
  • Sebastian
  • Dionysius (Denis)
  • Anthony
  • Martin
  • Nicholas
  • Claudius
  • Roch
  • Anne
  • Mary Magdalene
  • Catherine
  • Margaret
  • Barbara

This document was prepared by Glenn Gunhouse. Any errors should be reported to him atggunhouse@gsu.edu.

Last modified Aug. 12, 2019