Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours

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Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours is a richly illuminated early 16th-century devotional manuscript famously associated with the Tudor queen Anne Boleyn, containing her personal inscriptions and prayers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Hours
devotional book
illuminated manuscript
artForm book art
manuscript illumination
associatedWith Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED
English Reformation NERFINISHED
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
Tudor court NERFINISHED
century 16th century
contains calendar of saints
devotional notes
liturgical texts
personal inscriptions
prayers
countryOfOrigin England
France
dateOfCreation early 16th century
genre Christian devotional literature
hasAudience lay elite
nobility
royal household
hasDecoration decorated initials
marginal decoration
miniatures
rich illumination
hasFormat codex
hasFunction meditation
prayer aid
private devotion
hasIconography Christ NERFINISHED
Christian imagery
Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
saints
hasInscriptionBy Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
French
Latin
hasScript Gothic script
historicalSignificance evidence of Anne Boleyn's personal piety
evidence of Tudor devotional practice
important artifact of Anne Boleyn memorabilia
material parchment
ownedBy Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED
period Tudor period
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
usedBy Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED
usedFor reading the Hours of the Virgin
reciting daily offices

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Hever Castle hasCollection Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours