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Philobiblon.

Accession number
MS M.448
Object title
Philobiblon.
Display Date
ca. 1480.
Created
England, ca. 1480.
Binding
Limp vellum; bound by Marguerite Duprez Lahey.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
45 leaves (1 column, 24 lines), bound : vellum ; 150 x 100 mm
Provenance
Samuel Timmins (not traced in his sale, London, Apr. 20, 1899); Robert Hoe (cat, 1909, p. 12); his sale (New York, Anderson Galleries, Apr. 24, 1911, lot no. 2120) to Quaritch; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Quaritch in 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in ca. 1480 in England.
Script
hybrid script
Language
Latin
Century
Classification