Accession number:
MS M.455
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Paris, France, ca. 1417.
Binding:
French stamped calf and gilt calf binding (ca. 1530) enclosed in brown leather case.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description:
194 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 215 x 156 mm
Provenance:
Formerly in the Lebeuf de Montgermont Collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ed. Rahir in Paris in July 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Book of hours for the use of Paris; written and illuminated in Paris, ca. 1417; calendar in French.
Decoration: 14 large miniatures with ornamental borders and illuminated initials.
Artist: Master of the Harvard Hannibal.
Revised: 2015
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and French
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