Accession number:
MS M.241
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
France, possibly Paris or Angers, ca. 1435.
Binding:
French, late 18th century, brown calf blind-tooled and slightly gilt.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
188 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 93 x 69 mm
Provenance:
Heraldic evidence has traditionally connected this manuscript with Duke Arthur III of Brittany, who helped Joan of Arc drive the English out of France; Claud. Gobreau, ca. 1600; Sir Richard Burton, 1856; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Book of hours for the use of Orléans and Angers; written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris or Angers, ca. 1435.
Decoration: 22 small miniatures.
Artist: Master of the Munich Golden Legend.
Script:
bastarda
Language:
Latin
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