About the Text

During the years 2011-2012, Ms. Lauren Milburn, worked on a translation and transcription of one of the Book of Hours within Special Collections as a Capstone project at Truman State University. To see the Transcription and Translation text as she originally made it click on the links below with their respective titles.

Lauren Milburn's Bibliography

The Book of Hours in Pickler Memorial Library’s Special Collections Department.

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Roger S. Wieck. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. New York: George Brailler Inc., 1998.