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Book of hours (MS M.166).

Accession number
MS M.166
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.166).
Created
Utrecht, Netherlands, 1500-1510.
Binding
French 18th-century green morocco, lettered: Heures Manuscrits sur vellin.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
171 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 210 x 160 mm
Provenance
Sale by Sotheby's (London, June 15, 1897, no. 510) to Quaritch; bought by Richard Bennett July 27, 1897; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 80; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin), calendar for Utrecht; written and illuminated in Utrecht, the Netherlands, ca. 1500-1510.
Decoration: 21 full-page miniatures, 2 historiated initials, 1 border vignette.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Classification