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The Bute Hours
The Bute Hours
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- Collection ID
- MS.000893
- Type
- Manuscript
- Date
- ca. 1500–1520
- Geography
- England
- Language
- Latin and Middle English
- Medium
- Ink on Vellum
- Dimensions
- ii (paper flyleaves) + 242 + ii (paper flyleaves) folios; 9 7/16 × 6 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (24 × 17.5 × 8.9 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- On View in The History of the Bible, Translating the Bible
The Bute Book of Hours is a richly decorated manuscript made in England in the early sixteenth century for an influential patron. Miniatures attest to the patron’s support of the Tudor dynasty; Lancastrian roses abound, and one miniature depicts King Henry VI, who died in the Tower of London in 1471 and was popularly considered to be a miracle worker, saint, and martyr—Henry VII proposed his canonization around 1492. Another miniature portraying St. Thomas Becket with devotional prayers survived the suppression of his cult by Henry VIII.
The Bute Book of Hours is a richly decorated manuscript made in England in the early sixteenth century for an influential patron. Miniatures attest to the patron’s support of the Tudor dynasty; Lancastrian roses abound, and one miniature depicts King Henry VI, who died in the Tower of London in 1471 and was popularly considered to be a miracle worker, saint, and martyr—Henry VII proposed his canonization around 1492. Another miniature portraying St. Thomas Becket with devotional prayers survived the suppression of his cult by Henry VIII.
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