The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves)
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves)

Henri d'Orquevaulx (French) · c. 1420

ink, tempera and gold on vellum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Originally used solely by the ordained, by the 1000s, these prayers had spread to the general population through their inclusion in books of hours.

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