Accession number:
MS M.1027
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1465.
Binding:
Purple velvet.
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr., in memory of Landon K. Thorne, Jr., 1981.
Description:
169 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 117 x 80 mm
Provenance:
Made for Benoît Damian of Blois, his arms (gules, a star of 8 points argent, on a chief or a demi eagle rising sable) on fol. 23 and 46, his motto (du surplus) on fol. 19, 23, 46, 85, 95, and 105; William Loring Andrews; Cortlandt F. Bishop; his sale, New York, Anderson Galleries, Apr. 25, 1938, lot 1431; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne; Mr. and Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); calendar for Augustinian use; written and illuminated in France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1465.
Decoration: 12 large miniatures painted in semi-grisaille, full borders on illuminated pages.
Artist: Master of Jean Rolin II.
Script:
bastarda
Language:
Latin
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