Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans (BNF Latin 1156B)

The Visitation (Luke 1: 39-56), f. 58r.

Colloquial name(s): Hours of Marguerite d’Orléans

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 1156B

Date: between 1426 and 1438 (source), additional marginal decoration c. 1450 (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Hours of Yolande of Flanders (BL Yates Thompson 27)

Annunciation to the shepherds, f. 70v.

Colloquial name(s): the Hours of Yolande of Flanders

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson 27

Date: between 1353 and 1363 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame (BNF NAL 3093)

Christening, f. 161v.

Colloquial name(s): Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAL 3093

Date: 1375-1400 and 1400-25 (source)

Origin: Paris and possibly Bourges (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Maastricht Hours (BL Stowe MS 17)

A woman in prayer before a crucifix, f. 157v.

Colloquial name(s): the Maastricht Hours

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 17

Date: 1st quarter of 14th C (source)

Origin: Liège, Netherlands (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Book of Hours (BL Add. MS 36684 & Morgan MS M.754)

Three monks singing before a coffin, f. 83r.

Colloquial name(s): Book of Hours, use of St Omer

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 36684 and Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS M.754

Date: c. 1320 (source) or between 1320 and 1329 (source)

Origin: Saint-Omer or Therouanne, N. France (source) or Saint-Omer, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts (first half) and Morgan Library & Museum online collection of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts or CORSAIR (second half)

Butler Hours (Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105)

Man and woman kneel whilst priest celebrates Mass, f. 15r.

Colloquial name(s): Butler Hours

Official name(s): Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105

Date: mid-14th Century (source), c. 1350 (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Digital Walters

The De Lisle Hours (Morgan MS G.50)

The Three Living, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): The De Lisle Hours

Official name(s): Pierpont Morgan Library, MS G.50

Date: 1316-1331 (source)

Origin: possibly York, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: Corsair - The Online Catalog of The Pierpont Morgan Library - click on 'Browse CORSAIR for images of this manuscript'

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65)

February, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Official name(s): Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65

Date: 1412-1416 (Limburg brothers' illustrations), 1420s or 1440s (further embellishments by an anonymous painter), 1485-1489 (illustrations completed or added by Jean Colombe) (source)

Origin: made for the French prince, John, Duke of Berry, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Mirador (full, zoomable facsimile), Wikimedia Commons (next best online facsimile), Christus Rex (inferior online facsimile)