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Learn MoreJanuary 29 - July 31, 2013
In Ripin Gallery
January 29 - July 31, 2013
In Ripin Gallery
This exhibition features religious books made in Europe between 1250 and 1500, a time when books performed important religious functions in both individual and communal worship. For lay individuals, psalters or books of hours were the principal books of prayer, used to praise God and the saints, seek their protection, and ask forgiveness for sins. Priests used missals to celebrate the mass, while choir books, as their name suggests, were used by a liturgical choir performing religious music for the mass or the Divine Office.
This exhibition was curated by Sara Green ’12, curatorial assistant at the AMAM, and Associate Professor Erik Inglis of the Art Department.
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