AUTHOR

The creator of the Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis is unknown. The collection that holds the manuscript has credited the Catholic Church as the creator. In truth however, a Book of Hours was not an official book of the Church and was most commonly made by secular book sellers. These book sellers catered to the customer not the Church, and added to the book what the customer required, often adding personal prayers to the end of the book. In some instances, miniatures of the patron were included as well. Due to this fact there was quite a variation from one book to another (De Hamel).