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St. Ivo Adored by Étienne III Berbisey and Anne Moisson (MS M.1258)

Accession number
MS M.1258
Object title
St. Ivo Adored by Étienne III Berbisey and Anne Moisson (MS M.1258)
Created
France, Dijon, ca. 1530-1535
Credit line
Gift of James H. Marrow and Emily Rose on the occasion of the Morgan's Centennial, 2025.
Description
1 leaf : vellum ; 11 x 7.5 inches
Provenance
Commissioned by the lawyer Étienne III Berbisey; Jorn Gunther Antiquariat, A Selection of Manuscripts and Miniatures, October 2003, pl. 52; Brussels, Arenburg Auctions, 27 March 2021, lot 1123; bought by James Marrow.
Notes
Leaf was probably the frontispiece of a confraternity book of statutes commissioned by the lawyer Étienne III Berbisey.
Title from Avril article.
Artists: Master of the Hours of Jean des Bruyères and Jeanne de Recourt (Master Regnault or Oudot Matuchet?), with the faces by a different hand.
The main illuminator is also the artist of Morgan MS M.1144.
Inscribed at top in arch: "Ad beati Yvonis gloria[m]". Inscribed at bottom: "Via[m] tua[m] D[omi]ne demo[n]stramichi".
Language
Latin
Century
Classification