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"title": "Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Hunting Wild Boars (recto)",
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"inscription": "Letania\nKyrie eleyson. Christe eleison. Christe audi nos. Christe audi nos. Pater de caelis Deus, miserere nobis. Spiritus sancta Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Trinitas unus Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis. Sancta Dei genitrix, ON. Sancta virgo virginum. ON. Sancte Michael, ON. Sancte Gabriel ON. Sancte Raphael ON. Oes sancti angeli et archangeli\u2026",
"inscription_translation": "Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Christ hear us. Christ hear us. God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us. God the Son redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us. God the holy Ghost, have mercy upon us. Holy Trinity one God, have mercy upon us Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy Mother of God, pray for us. Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us. St. Michael, pray for us (now it uses an abbreviation of ON), St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, All the Holy Angels, and Archangels \u2026",
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"title": "The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours",
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"did_you_know": "The ape and the wild boar symbolized vice in general and lust in particular during the Middle Ages.",
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"description": "Following the psalms is the litany of saints, identified by the blue text reading Letania. This repetitive list proceeds through a hierarchy beginning with God the Father and continuing through many saints. From each individual, the reader could ask for forgiveness. This list was customizable, allowing the reader to include saints important to them or their family. Surrounding the text is a scene of an ape hunting wild boars, symbols of vice and lust, that could perhaps be from a fable or merely be amusing or diversionary.",
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