Accession number
MS M.54
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.54).
Display Date
between 1460 and 1470.
Created
Coutances, France, between 1460 and 1470.
Binding
Brown morocco by David.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
88 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill ; 170 x 120 mm
Provenance
Owned (1565-1581) by Estienne Hostingue of La Haye du Puits; bought Dec. 31, 1895 by Richard Bennett; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 37; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Coutances (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated (borders) in Coutances, France, ca. 1460-1470; miniatures and calendar illustrations added in the 19th century.
Decoration: original full borders on miniature pages; 6 miniatures and 12 calendar illustrations added by a 19th-century forger.
Decoration: original full borders on miniature pages; 6 miniatures and 12 calendar illustrations added by a 19th-century forger.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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