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• Horae (Books of hours)

• Essai sur la calligraphie des manuscrits du moyen-âge et sur les ornements des premiers Livres d'heures imprimés (Impr. de I.S. Lefevre, 1841), by E.-H. Langlois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Œuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de maistre Estienne Chevalier: (L. Curmer, 1866), by Catholic Church, Henri Delannay, Etienne Chevalier, and Jean Fouquet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miniatures and borders from a Flemish Horae, British Museum add. ms. 24098, early sixteenth century, reproduced in honour of Sir George Warner. Printed for the subscribers ... (University Press], 1911), by Simon Bening and British Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les Heures dites da Costa ; manuscrit de l'école ganto-brugeoise premier tiers du XVIe siècle (Imprimerie Veuve Monnom, 1924), by Joseph Destrée, Pierre Bautier, and Jorge da Costa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Deux livres d'heures néerlandais; reproduction des 25 miniatures du manuscrit Wittert 33 et des 12 miniatures du manuscrit Wittert 34 de la Bibliothèque de l'Université de Liège (Vromant & Co, 1923), by Université de Liège. Bibliothèque, Joseph Brassinne, and Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Miniatures and borders from the Book of hours of Bona Sforza, duchess of Milan, in the British Museum. (The Trustees, 1894), by British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, George F. Warner, and Consort of Galeazzo Maria Sforza Bona di Savola (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jeux et travaux d'après un livre d'heures du XVe siècle. ([Imprimé par G. Jeanbin], 1925), by J. Bouissounouse, of Savoy Marie Adelaide, and Musée Condé. Bibliothèque (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Miniaturen im Gebetbuche Albrecht V. von Bayern (1574) ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Insekten- und Pflanzenkunde (J. H. E. Heitz, 1911), by S. Killermann, Joris Hoefnagel, and Duke of Bavaria Albrecht V (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les "Belles heures" de Jean de France, Duc de Berry. (Gazette des Beaux-arts, 1906), by Paul Durrieu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les Heures de Blanche de France, duchesse d'Orléans ([s.n.], 1905), by Léopold Delisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les heures dited de Jean Pucelle, manuscrit de la collection de M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild. (D. Morgand, 1910), by Léopold Delisle and Maurice Rothschild (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heures dites de Henri IV. Reproduction réduite des 60 peintures du manuscrit latin 1171 de la Bibliothèque nationale. (Berthaud frères, 1908), by Catholic Church (Roman), Camille Couderc, and Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des manuscrits (page images at HathiTrust)
• As "Horas de Nossa Senhora" da bibliotheca da Universidade de Coimbra. (Imprensa da Universidade, 1906), by J. Mendes dos Remédios and Universidade de Coimbra. Bibliotheca (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les heures gothiques et la littérature pieuse aux XVe et xvie siècles (E. Augé [Lille, Imprimerie Desclée, de Brouwer], 1960), by Félix Soleil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les heures gothiques et la littérature pieuse aux 15e et 16e siècles. (Slatkine, 1965), by Félix Soleil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pierre Gringore et les comédiens italiens (D. Morgand & C. Fatout, 1878), by Emile Picot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facsimiles of Horae de Beata Maria Virgine, from English mss. of the eleventh century ([Henry Bradshaw Society], 1902), by Catholic Church, E. S. Dewick, and British Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Horae Eboracenses: the Prymer or Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to the use of the illustrious church of York; with other devotions as they were used by the lay-folk in the Northern Province in the XVth and XVIth centuries. (Pub. for the Society by Andrews & Co.;, 1920), by Catholic Church and Christopher Wordsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuscrits à peintures de l'école de Rouen. Livres d'heures normands. (A. Lestringant;, 1913), by Georges Ritter, Jean Lafond, and Rouen Société de l'histoire de Normandie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• OEuvres choisies du roi René (E. Picard, 1849), by King of Naples and Jerusalem René I, Paulin Paris, Pierre Hawke, Théodore de Quatrebarbes, Ordre du Croissant, and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhamakargutʻiwn Hayastaneaytsʻ Surb Ekeghetsʻwoy. (I tparani Pōghosi Arapean Apuchʻekhtsʻwoy, 1834), by Armenian Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhamakargutʻiwn (Mkhitʻarean Tparan, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhamagirkʻ (Artsiw Tparani Pōghosi Vijēnean Kostandnupōlseatsʻwoy, 1848), by Armenian Church, Shnorhali Nersēs, Catholicos of Armenia Hovhannēs I, Saint Mesrop, and Saint Isaac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seven ordinary hours of prayer (Printed and sold by Joseph Masters, 1852), by Catholic Church, John David Chambers, and Catholic Church. Diocese of Salisbury (England) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pariser Tagezeiten (E. Karras, 1875), by Stephan Waetzoldt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the De Maillard livre de prieres : (circa 1450). (Chiswick Press, 1890), by John William Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhamakargutʻiwn (Mkhitʻarean Tparan, 1879), by Armenian Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on a book of hours for the "use" of the metropolitan diocese of Reims : (probably commissioned by the Abbess of St. Remy) circa 1450-1460. ([Chiswick Press], 1890), by John W. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lyte family book of hours. (Chiswick Press, 1890), by John W. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Livre d'heures de Henri II; reproduction des 17 miniatures du Manuscrit latin 1429 (Impr. Berthaud frères, 1905), by Bibliothèque nationale (France), Henri Auguste Omont, Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des manuscrits, and Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Livre d'heures peint par Jean Foucquet pour maître Étienne Chevalier : le quarante-cinquième feuillet de ce manuscrit retrové en Angleterre (Pelican Press], 1923), by Paul Durrieu, Etienne Chevalier, and Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Description of a very beautiful Book of hours (B. Quaritch, 1905), by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description of a very beautiful Book of hours; illuminated probably by Hans Memling and Gérard David; now in the possesion of George C. Thomas; with reproductions in photogravure of 11 representative miniatures. (Printed for private circulation, 1908), by Gérard David and Hans Memling (page images at HathiTrust)
• The illuminated calendar and home diary for 1845. (Longman, 1845), by Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Book of Hours : in which are contained offices for the seven canonical hours, litanies, and other devotions. (Hurd and Houghton, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les heures gothiques et la littérature pieuse aux 15e et 16e siècles. (Slatkine, 1882), by Félix Soleil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description du Livre d'heures du prieuré de Saint-Lo (de Rouen). (Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1869), by Antoine Bachelin-Deflorenne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description of the Great book of hours of Henry the Eighth (Privately printed, 1923), by Jean Bourdichon, King of England Henry VIII, and Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of hours of Yolande of Flanders, a manuscript of the fourteenth century in the library of Henry Yates Thompson (Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, 1905), by Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Henry Yates Thompson, and Countess of Bar Yolande of Flanders (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Description du Livre d'heures de la dame de Saluces, faisant partie de la bibliothèque de M. Yemeniz. (Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1867), by Antoine Bachelin-Deflorenne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Simon Vostre (Aubry, 1862), by J. Renouvier, Georges Duplessis, Aug. Aubry, Simon Vostre, and Imprimerie Louis Perrin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heures à l'usage du diocèse de Lyon, contenant l'office des dimanches et fêtes. (Barbou frères, 1859), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collection of private devotions in the practice of the ancient church, called the hours of prayer. (James Parker and Co., 1867), by John Cosin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description du Livre d'Heures de la Maison de Schoenborn. (Paris, 1868), by Antoine Bachelin-Deflorenne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oeuvres complètes du roi René (Impr. de Cosnier et Lachèse, 1844), by King of Naples and Jerusalem René I, Alexis Chevalier, Paulin Paris, Pierre Hawke, Théodore Quatrebarbes, Ordre du Croissant, and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le Bréviaire de Philippe le Bon; reproduction des miniatures des Manuscrits nos. 9511 et 9026 de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (G. van Oest & cie., 1909), by Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Joseph van den Gheyn, Duke of Burgundy Philip, and Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les très belles Heures de Notre-Dame du duc Jean de Berry. (Pour les membres de la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures, 1922), by Paul Durrieu, Maurice Rothschild, and Jean de France Berry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres, contenant: 1.̊ Un nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique ... 2.̊ Une table en forme de catalogue raisonné ... (Silvestre, 1842), by Jacques-Charles Brunet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heures romaines (A. Mame, 1875), by Catholic Church, Emile Rouselle, Adolphe Gusman, and Armand Queyroy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice sur les heures gothiques imprimées à Paris à la fin du XVe et dans une partie du XVIe siècle. (Paris, 1864), by Jacques-Charles Brunet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplementum Breviarii romani Quebecensis (s.n., 1819), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ordo divini officii recitandi sacrique perageni a clero provinciarum Quebecen. et Ottawien. juxta sanctae Romanæ Ecclesiæ regulas anno 1894. (s.n.], 1893), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prayerbook of the lay people in the Middle Ages. (Longmans, Green, 1891), by Catholic Church, Henry Littlehales, and Cambridge. University. St. John's College. Library. Mss. (G 24) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hours of Albert of Brandenburg : some account of a manuscript Book of Hours formerly in the posession of Albert of Brandenburg ; executed by the artists of the Grimani Breviary, 1514-23 (Ellis & White, 1880), by Frederick Startridge Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on a book of hours : written and illuminated at St. Albans in the reign of Henry V (circa 1420). ([Chiswick Press], 1890), by John W. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le livre d'heures de Marguerite de Rohan, comtesse d'Angoulême : étude historique et critique. (H. Leclerc, 1903), by Henri Bouchot and Marcel Thévenin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pembroke hours (1880), by Frederick Startridge Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Livre d'heures; ou Offices de l'église illustrés d'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du Roi ([chez Alex. Guilbert], 1843), by Catholic Church and A. Guilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Den svenska tideboken. Vår fru tider. Helge ands tider. Helge kors tider. Sju Psalmerna och litanian. Gudeliga böner. ([Norstedt och söner], 1854), by G. E. Klemming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zhamagirkʻ Hayastaneaytsʻ Surb Ekeghetsʻwoy (I Tparani Arewelean lezuatsʻ Chemarani Teartsʻ Lazaryantsʻ, 1853), by Armenian Church, Hovhannes Mandakuni, Saint Mesrop, Saint Isaac, and Armenian Church. Hayrapetutʻiwn Amenayn Hayotsʻ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice d'un des plus importants livres de prières du roi Charles 5 (Paris : [publisher not identified], 1911., 1911), by Paul Durrieu (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les planches des Heures ([Librairie néerlandaise], 1901), by Crispijn van de Passe, Max Rooses, Maarten de Vos, and Museum Plantin-Moretus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cursus Sanctae Mariae, a thirteenth-century manuscript (The Pierpont Morgan library, 1937), by Meta Harrsen, Pierpont Morgan Library, and Cursus Sanctae Mariae (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les Heures de Notre Dame dites de Hennessy : étude sur un manuscrit de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (E. Lyon-Claesen, 1895), by Joseph Destrée and Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry, conservées à Chantilly, au Musée Condé et le Bréviaire Grimani ([s.n.], 1903), by Paul Durrieu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le livre d'heures de la reine Anne de Bretagne (L. Curmer, 1861), by Catholic Church, Jean Poyer, Jean Bourdichon, Henri Delaunay, and of Brittany Anne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Livre d'heures de Henri II : reproduction des 17 miniatures du manuscrit Latin 1429 de la Bibliothèque nationale. (Berthaud frères, 1905), by Henri Auguste Omont, Bibliothèque nationale (France), and Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des manuscrits (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Description of a very beautiful Book of Hours illuminated probably by Hans Memling and Gérard David now in the possession of George C. Thomas. ([s.n.], 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Leaf from a Book of hours]. (1450), by Catholic Church (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice sur un manuscrit du XIVe siècle. Les Heures du Maréchal de Boucicaut. (Société des bibliophiles françois, 1889), by François Gustave Adolphe Guyot de Villeneuve and France) Société des bibliophiles françois (Paris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les presentes heures a lusaige de Amiens sont au long sans riens requerir : auec les miracles nostre dome [i.e. dame], et les figures de lapocalipse, et de la bible, et des triumphes de Cesar. (N.P., 1527), by Catholic Church and Nicolas Prevost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heures à l'usage d'Autun : vers 1507 ([Paris] : [Simon Vostre], [1507?]., 1507), by Catholic Church and Simon Vostre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Un livre d'heures de l'école de Jean Bourdichon : reproduction phototypique d'un manuscrit de la bibliothèque de Rouen (Rouen : Impr. Albert Lainé, 1927., 1927), by Catholic Church, Jean Lafond, and Bibliothèque municipale de Rouen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Day-hours of the Church of England. (London : J. Masters and Co., 1891., 1891), by Church of England and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Liturgies. ([Parisius : A. verard, 1506]), by Catholic Church (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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