Illustration of Saint praying from Hours of the Virgin

Hours of the Virgin Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Stowe 22 f.24v Hours of the Virgin, etc, in Latin. Image of Saint Thomas of Canterbury praying in Canterbury before his murder. Vellum; ff. 154. xvth cent. Executed apparently in France, but for English use, the saints especially commemorated in the Calendar being largely English. Full-page miniatures, coarsely executed, with illuminated borders at the beginning of each office, but in many cases the miniatures have been cut out. The name of St. Thomas of Canterbury has been erased throughout, and rubrics referring to promises of indulgences have been obliterated with ink (ff. 77, 86b) Thomas Becket. Thomas a Becket.