Cleveland Museum of Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Nativity (recto) and Text (verso)
c. 1430
Books of hours were devotional books popular in the Middle Age, meant for laypeople, or those not in the clergy. They were used at home and contained daily prayers as well as prayers for specific occasions, such as death, plague, warfare, travel, or bad weather.
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