# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CZamVX4pA7p
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228639-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/baf1caa6c9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-02-01T01:05:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

It's the Middle Ages, and you want to know what time it is. So you grab a prayer book. 

A book of hours, together with the ringing of the church bells, helped keep track of the time and organize Christian readers' hours, days, months, years, and even lifetimes.

These beautifully illuminated books were sought after by the upper classes to reflect their cultural and religious priorities and to display their wealth.

Tap the #linkinbio and transport yourself to a time when religious devotion played a central role in marking time.
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🏷 #GettyMuseum #Manuscripts #Art #MedievalArt #MiddleAges #ArtHistory #Illuminations #OnlineExhibition

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illuminations, manuscripts, onlineexhibition, medievalart, gettymuseum, art, arthistory, middleages, linkinbio

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