BOOK OF HOURS 1300-1325 AD 

Absolutely stunning facsimile!

Bound by a bookbinder/old 

manuscript guy with 30 years of expertise

May even the plough boy be able to afford it!

Language: Latin – Old French

This facsimile is in a portable, convenient, and easy to use form, making it perfect for both the novel collector, & the student. 

If I didn’t violently stop myself, I would have taken pictures of everything. It’s so gorgeous! This Books of Hours is part of many varying Books of Hours. They’re what we call today, a type of devotional book. And how beautiful they are. Oh how beautiful were so many things in the old Christian West. For all Christians, this is a part of our history, and therefore, worth becoming acquainted with if not already familiar. And those who are familiar know that it’s impossible to get a facsimile of this specific book, whether in color or not, for under $100, if not more. 

Too many want to put everything into a box, projecting our own stupidity on the past; “Protestant this”, “Catholic that”. I wish more Catholics would take pride in the great Pope Leo X who risked his life to make the reformation successful, without whom, there wouldn’t have even been anything for Tyndale to do, nor a KJV. On that note, I wish more Protestants did the same as well. Have we not all learned the hard way that words & labels serve to confuse reality? What is identity politics but smoke & who is blowing it? Is war ever clear? Why were both Pope Leo X & Erasmus tutors to King Charles V who began the charge into the Americas? 

Why was Erasmus’ 1st book ever translated into English, translated by Tyndale, that book being, “The Christian Knight”? Why is there so very much that none of us know of our history? Why do we not see that it was a defeat for no Christian, but a great victory against the same forces that be rearing their head again today? Oh Father, open up our hearts and let us hear the faithful words of your servant Paul when he condemned Labelling ourselves as anything other than lovers of Christ Jesus The Son of God, and You Whom sent Him. Lord, let it Rain. Our God of Heaven & Earth, let it pour.

Pages: 230 pages

Dimensions: 7.75″ x  5.5″ x 1/2″