Accession number:
MS M.172
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Rouen, France, ca. 1470-1480
Binding:
19th-century red velvet with gilt metal clasps and corners, two center pieces representing the Bearing of the Cross and the Child Jesus on clouds with cross and chalice.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description:
118 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 150 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by Richard Bennett, Jan. 31, 1893; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 56; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Lisieux (Hours of the Virgin) and Sarum/Rouen (Office of the Dead, calendar); written and illuminated in Rouen, France, ca. 1470-1480.
Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Échevinage.
Decoration: 8 large miniatures.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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