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Catholic Studies

Marian Library Faculty Publications

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Full Of Grace: Little Books Are Big On Beauty, Advice, Jillian M. Ewalt Dec 2019

Full Of Grace: Little Books Are Big On Beauty, Advice, Jillian M. Ewalt

Marian Library Faculty Publications

What was the best-selling book in Christendom from 1250 to 1550? It wasn’t the Bible, but the Book of Hours.

Brief compiled by University of Dayton Magazine staff from three informational blogs by the author on the Marian Library website.


The Medieval Best-Seller: Part Iii, Jillian M. Ewalt Feb 2019

The Medieval Best-Seller: Part Iii, Jillian M. Ewalt

Marian Library Faculty Publications

As the best-selling book of the Middle Ages, Books of Hours were owned and read by many medieval Europeans. But who were these 14th- and 15th-century readers? What did it really take to own and use one of these exclusive editions? Keep reading to find out about books and readers in a time very few could afford to own a book and even fewer, perhaps, could read it.

Third blog in a series of three about Books of Hours.