Source: courtesy Allison Muri, U Saskatchewan, http://headlesschicken.ca/eng204/texts/breviaire/index.html Jan 2007

The History and Future of the Book

15th-century Breviary The Bréviaire de Marie de Savoie (1430) is a Milanese illuminated manuscript. A breviary (from Latin breviarium, "summary, abridgement") is a book containing the hymns, psalms, and prayers prescribed by the Roman Catholic Church that are to be recited for each day. Selections from a text housed in Chambéry, France. Full work: http://www.arkhenum.fr/bm_chambery/breviaire/index.php.