Accession number:
MS M.1080
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Northern France, probably Paris, ca. 1490.
Binding:
Mid 16th-century French gilt-panel-stamped brown calf; traces of enamel on interlaces; stamped with the name Nicole Gerves.
Credit:
Gift of Ralph Friedman, 1988.
Description:
164 leaves (1 column, 17 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 164 x 112 mm
Provenance:
Nicole Gerves (16th century); Ruth E. Friedman, New York.
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Paris (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, calendar, liturgy); written and illuminated in northern France, probably in Paris, ca. 1490.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures, 2 border historiations, 18 small miniatures, illuminated initials; architectural elements and floral decoration in many borders of the leaves with illuminations.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and French
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