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Book of hours (MS W.3).

Accession number
MS W.3
Object title
Book of hours (MS W.3).
Created
Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1440
Binding
French 17th-century calf, gold tooled, two clasps; restored.
Credit line
Gift of Julia Parker Wightman, April, 1993.
Description
211 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 160 x 128 mm
Provenance
Julia Parker Wightman; given in April, 1993.
Notes
Ms. book of hours, use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin), calendar for Bruges; written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1440.
Decoration: 31 full-page miniatures with illuminated borders, and corresponding illuminated borders on facing pages.
Artist: Gold Scrolls Group.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
Century
Classification