LOS ANGELES, CA.- The book of hours, used for private devotional purposes, was the most popular book of late medieval and Renaissance Europe. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view some of the finest books of hours from the Pierpont Morgan Library, whose collection of manuscripts and printed books is among the best in the world. The exhibition features 52 manuscripts and six printed books ranging in date from the 13th through the 16th centuries produced in France, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain. It includes some of the greatest and most famous manuscripts in the world, including masterpieces like The Psalter-Hours of Yolande de Soissons, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, The Hours of Henry VIII, and The Farnese Hours. This exhibition is being offered during the period the Morgan Library, located in New York, is closed for renovation, making these works available for the first time to the Los Angeles public.