HOURS/ORE

Italian Books of Hours/Libri d'ore italiani

Authors:  Francesca Manzari, with Lola Massolo 

Updated on September 10 2025 - 700 manuscripts and fragments

The Website HOURS/ORE. Italian Books of hours/Libri d'ore italiani aims to make contents and information regarding this type of devotional manuscript accessible online in Open Access.

See Origins, Aims and Structure of the Website, in the section titled Introduction.

In particular, it contains a survey of Italian Books of Hours (ca. 1275–ca. 1550), which will be periodically updated: see the section titled Survey of Italian Books of Hours, and in particular A Map of Italian Books of Hours.

Reviewed In "MANUSCRIPTS ON  MY MIND" , num. 35

Menu

- Homepage

- About us

- Introduction 

- Origin, Aims and Structure of the Website 

- Explanatory Notes and Abbreviations

- A Survey of Italian Hours

- A 'Map' of Italian Books of Hours

- Manuscripts not included in the Survey

- INDEXES

Index by Area and Date of Production

Index by Country of Preservation

- Bibliography 

- Essential Reading List

- Extensive Bibliography

- Tools         

- Websites

- Reference Scholars

- Essays and Entries in pdf

- Seminars, Conferences and Talks 

- Libri d'ore italiani in Italia - MANUS

by Francesca Manzari, with the collaboration of Lola Massolo