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book of hours

type of Christian devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages, containing the prescribed order of prayers, readings from the bible, and rites for the canonical hours; often illuminated and intended for the lay community.
Intangible literary_genre Q727715
book of hours
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Summary

book of hours is a literary genre[1]. It draws 842 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #54 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • book of hours's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • book of hours's genre is devotional literature[4].
  • book of hours is a type of book[5].
  • book of hours is a type of illuminated manuscript[6].
  • book of hours is a type of devotional literature[7].
  • book of hours's Commons category is recorded as Books of Hours[8].
  • book of hours comprises Liturgy of the Hours[9].
  • book of hours's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illuminated books of hours[10].
  • book of hours's native label is recorded as Liber horarum[11].
  • book of hours dates from the Middle Ages[12].

Body

Definition and Type

book of hours's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include book[5], illuminated manuscript[6], and devotional literature[7].

Use and Application

book of hours comprises Liturgy of the Hours[9].

Why It Matters

book of hours draws 842 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #54 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

book

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → book-of-hours
    Wikidata description → type of Christian devotional book, popular in the Middle Ages, containing the pr
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: book-of-hours, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910855|book of hours (#289910855)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Genre → —
    Has part(s) → Liturgy of the Hours
    Instance of → literary genre
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007529383105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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