Book of Hours
Type: Book
As of November 2026, Book of Hours has been mentioned in one podcast episode on History Hit (Dec 2025). Personal prayer book of King Richard III, containing words he would have spoken, used in the voice reconstruction project.
Books of hours are Christian prayer books, which were used to pray the canonical hours. The use of a book of hours was especially popular in the Middle Ages, and as a result, they are the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript. Like every manuscript, each manuscript book of hours is unique in one way or another, but most contain a similar collection of texts, prayers and psalms, often with appropriate decorations, for Christian devotion. Illumination or decoration is minim
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on History Hit |
| Published | 15th century |
| Publisher | Independently Published |
| Subjects | Religious text, Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure stories |
| ISBN | 9781471127182 |
| Genre | Religious text, Action & Adventure Fiction, Adventure stories |
Who talks about Book of Hours on podcasts?
Unknown brought up Book of Hours; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on History Hit.
- We Reconstructed the Voice of a Medieval King on History Hit (Dec 2025) — Unknown