Accession number
MS M.1051.1-3
Object title
Three leaves from a book of hours (MS M.1051.1-3).
Display Date
ca. 1515-1520.
Created
Loire River Valley, France, ca. 1515-1520.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1984.
Description
3 single leaves (1 column, 18 lines) : vellum, ill. 107 x 76 mm
Provenance
Louis-Jean-Nicolas Monmerqué (1780-1860); given by him to his nephew Paul Durand, ca. 1830; Paul and Julien Durand, 1983; Richard Day Ltd., London, 1984.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in the Loire River Valley, France, ca. 1515-1520.
Decorations: 3 miniatures, 3 full illuminated borders, 14 illuminated initials, 5 illuminated line fillers.
Artist: Master of Claude of France.
Leaf M.1051.1: Germander Speedwell (Veronica Chamaedrys), Ladybug (recto). Text: Hours of the Virgin, Lauds, incomplete (recto, verso); 66 x 44 mm
Leaf M.1051.2: Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus), Beetle (recto). Suffrage to St. George (recto, verso), Suffrage to St. Eustace, incomplete (verso); 66 x 41 mm
Leaf M.1051.3: Chicory (Chicorium Intybus), Dragonfly (recto); Suffrage to St. Andrew (recto, verso); 66 x 41 mm
Decorations: 3 miniatures, 3 full illuminated borders, 14 illuminated initials, 5 illuminated line fillers.
Artist: Master of Claude of France.
Leaf M.1051.1: Germander Speedwell (Veronica Chamaedrys), Ladybug (recto). Text: Hours of the Virgin, Lauds, incomplete (recto, verso); 66 x 44 mm
Leaf M.1051.2: Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus), Beetle (recto). Suffrage to St. George (recto, verso), Suffrage to St. Eustace, incomplete (verso); 66 x 41 mm
Leaf M.1051.3: Chicory (Chicorium Intybus), Dragonfly (recto); Suffrage to St. Andrew (recto, verso); 66 x 41 mm
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
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