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Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Dutch illuminated book of hours of about 1440
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (Morgan Library and Museum, now divided in two parts, M. 917 and M. 945, the latter sometimes called the Guennol Hours or, less commonly, the Arenberg Hours) is an ornately illuminated manuscript in the Gothic art style, produced in about 1440 by the anonymous Dutch artist known as the Master of Catherine of Cleves. It is one of the most lavishly illuminated manuscripts to survive from the 15th century and has been described as one of the masterpieces of Northern European illumination.[1][2] This book of hours contains the usual offices, prayers and litanies in Latin, along with supplemental texts, decorated with 157 colorful and gilded illuminations. Today, both parts of the manuscript that forms this book are housed at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City.[1][2][3]
History
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[edit]The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (The Hours) was commissioned for Catherine, Duchess of Guelders and Countess of Zutphen, upon the occasion of her marriage to Arnold, Duke of Guelders, on 26 January 1430. John Plummer, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the Morgan Library, suggested that this Horae w
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The History of Protestantism – Volume Third – Book Twenty-third – Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII
James A. Wylie
1808-1890
author of “The Papacy,” “Daybreak in Spain,” &c. “Protestantism, the sacred cause of God’s Light and Truth against the Devil’s Falsity and Darkness.” -Carlyle.
Cassell & Company, Limited: London, Paris & New York.
A Voice from the Philadelphian Church Age by Rev. James Aitken Wylie, LL.D.
Table of Contents
BOOK TWENTY-THIRD
PROTESTANTISM IN ENGLAND FROM THE TIMES OF HENRY VIII.
Chapter 1 THE KING AND THE SCHOLARS.
The Darkness Fulfils its Period — Two Currents in Christendom — Two Phases of the One Movement in England — Henry VIII — His Education — His Character — Popularity — Dean Colet — His Studies at Florence — Englishmen in Italy — Colet’s Lectures at St. Paul’s School — William Grocyn — Colet Founds St. Paul’s School — William Lily — Linacre — Dean Colet’s Sermon at St. Paul’s — Fitzjames, Bishop of London — Warham, the Primate — Erasmus — Sir Thomas More — The Plough of Reform Begins again to Move.
Chapter 2 CARDINAL WOLSEY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT OF ERASMUS.
Arthur, Prince of Wales, Dies – Question of Henry&
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Dictionary of Own Biography, 1885-1900/Cranmer, Thomas
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