Record ID:
77101
Accession number:
MS M.221
Title:
Diurnal of Isabelle de Bourbon
Created:
Amiens, France, ca. 1455.
Binding:
18th-century Italian (?) red morocco in black morocco case; lettered on back: Diurnum Rom. M.S. Kalends & Rubs. Gall.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1906.
Description:
285 leaves (2 columns, 24 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 250 x 170 mm
Provenance:
Made for a lady Isabelle (mentioned on fol. 273v), probably Isabelle de Bourbon (d. 1465); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1906; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. diurnal for Franciscan use; written and illuminated in Amiens, France, ca. 1455.
Decoration: 18 small miniatures, 43 full inhabited borders.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and Picard French
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