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    Los libros de horas en la Edad Media

    June 13, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Si pensamos en iconos medievales nos viene a la cabeza El Cid Campeador, representando la Reconquista y las guerras de religiones, de las que nos quedan castillos como el de Loarre (Huesca), el de Lorca (Granada), o el de Montjuïc (Barcelona). Por otro lado tenemos las peregrinaciones religiosas y los magníficos edificios góticos y románicos, como las catedrales de Santiago de Compostela, León, Burgos o Salamanca. De esto se deduce que la parte integradora de la vida y el arte medieval era la religión, elemento tan importante que no fueron pocos los nobles que quisieron incorporar elementos monásticos a su vida cotidiana. Para ello nacieron los libros de horas, un…

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    Les Belles Heures du Duc de Berry

    June 11, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Parisians and their visitors are in for a treat: for the last time they will get to see the beautiful, individual leaves of the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, before a valuable piece of their cultural heritage is whisked off once more to foreign climes. The Belles Heures is one of the most beautiful examples of an illustrated ‘book of hours’, a ‘devotional’ book for our devout, God-fearing medieval ancestors who felt like once a week just wasn’t devoting enough time to God, so they ordered manuals with instructions on how to pray better and more regularly at home. In today’s increasingly secular society, many of…

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