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The title of this manuscript is Book of Hours.  The horea is in the simplest form, a prayer manual. Most books include a calendar of holy days and the prayers needed for divine intervention from the Virgin Mary on the owner’s behalf. Normally said by clergy, lay people who could afford a Book of Hours were able to say the prayers for themselves.  Theoretically, lay people could increase their piety level and increase the intercession of the Virgin Mary and other Saints on their behalf (more prayers equal more piety).  Each Book of Hours was individually created to order during the 12^th through 15^th centuries, (Leaves, par. 1) and could include other intercessory prayers, Mass prayers or psalms.