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Thomas More's prayer book

a facsimile reproductionof the annotated pages

by Thomas More

Cover of Thomas More's prayer book
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Consists of pages from A Book of hours, Hore beate Marie ad usum ecclesie Sarisburiensis, Paris, F. Regnault, 1530, reproduced in full colour, on which More wrote his prayer "A Godly meditacion," and pages from a Psalter, Pslaterium cum hymnis secundum usum & consuetudinem Sarum et Eboracensem, Paris, F. Byrckman, 1522, reproduced in black and white, containing MS. annotations and pen marks. Both texts, in Latin, were annotated while More was a prisoner in the Tower of London.

Books of hoursCatholic ChurchLiturgyPsaltersTextsLiturgicsLivres d'heuresÉglise catholiqueCatholic church, liturgy