Accession number
MS M.136
Object title
Book of hours.
Created
France, ca. 1480
Binding
Original stamped calf with center panel of conventional roses.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
150 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 150 mm
Provenance
Arms of first owner on fol. 119: or an inverted chevron gules, with 3 groups of 3 dots gules; owned (1684) by Louis Parizot (signatures on first and last leaves); bought by Richard Bennett, Mar. 24, 1896; his Catalogue, no. 35; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for use of Chalons-sur-Saôn (Hours of the Virgin?); perhaps written and illuminated in eastern France, ca. 1480.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures, 12 calendar illustrations.
Artist: illuminated by an artist whose style is related to that of Maître François.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures, 12 calendar illustrations.
Artist: illuminated by an artist whose style is related to that of Maître François.
Contents
fols. 1r-12v: Calendar (in French) -- fols. 13r-19v: Gospel Sequences -- fols. 20r-25r: Obsecro te and other prayers -- fols. 25v-34v: Passion according to John -- fols. 35r-40v: Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (in French) -- fols. 41r-95r: Hours of the Virgin -- fols. 95v-102v: Short Hours of the Cross and short Hours of the Holy Spirit -- fols. 103r-118v: Penitential Psalms and Litany -- fols. 119r-149v: Office of the Dead -- fols. 150r-150v: O salutaris hostia.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Middle French
Resources
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