How to analyze and understand the Book of Hours in the context of Medieval European art
How to recognize regional variation in Books of Hours
The history of prayer in the Western Middle Ages
How to place the history of the Book of Hours as a genre within the context of the broader development of painting in Europe over the course of the 12th through the early 16th centuries
The role of images in prayer and piety through comparison to works of art in the Harvard University Art Museums
