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Book of hours (MS M.25).

Accession number
MS M.25
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.25).
Created
Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1460-1470.
Binding
Early 18th-century red morocco gilt.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913.
Description
190 leaves (1 column, 17 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 130 x 90 mm
Provenance
Belonged (June 12, 1806) to George Rant (his signature in first leaf); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Sarum; written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1460-1470.
Decoration: 19 grisaille miniatures.
Artist: orbit of Guillaume Vrelant.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification