a medieval calendar page, lines written in red and black

Personal Liturgical Calendars, Part 1

Welcome to Personal Liturgical Calendars, where I dive into a comparison of two calendars from Parisian Books of Hours. The roller coaster of questions about personal liturgical calendars stem from the mystery of the Hargrett Hours calendar. When I call something personal and liturgical, it sounds contradictory. Yet, I stand here with a very confusing

Discoveries in the Hargrett Hours’ Calendar

(This post originally appeared on the “Hargrett Hours Project” Blog. Find Original Post Here) Through our research into the calendar of the Hargrett Books of Hours, we found it bears a striking similarity to the Paris Missal and other use of Paris calendars; it, however, also contains differences that make us confident it is use of Paris. The