The HoursPrayer-Book of Simon Vostre 1908

Title : The Hours of Simon Vostre 1908  
Author : Not Stated
Source : Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist
Year Published : 1908
Page Count : 16
Image Count : 7
Word Count : 4,279
File Size in MB : 6.8
File Type : PDF

"The hours, or manuals, of prayer which are in use to-day cannot give us any idea of those which were used by our ancestors during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ; their matter was more rare. Often printed upon vellum, the numerous engravings which ornamented them, in order to continue the tradition of the manuscripts and to give ocular instruction to our ancestors, naturally reflect the epoch which produced them. Men in those days believed simply, and this vitality of faith brought forth marvels. Nothing could be so charming as the multitude of little figures which frame and give life to the text of these Hours, composed of fine Gothic characters. So great is the freshness and brilliancy of the inks which the vellum has preserved, that one would think they had been printed yesterday. As is well known, the great towns had these Horse, or Books of Hours, for their own especial use. Amiens was among the number..."