Accession number
MS M.246
Object title
Petit office de la Vierge Marie (MS M.246).
Display Date
17th century
Created
France, perhaps Paris, 17th century
Binding
Original French black shagreen with delicate enamel clasps and corners having the crowned monogram M.A., in black shagreen case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913.
Description
58 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 120 x 70 mm
Provenance
Written for a noble lady whose initials are M.A.; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; written and illuminated in France, perhaps Paris, in the 17th century.
Texts: Hours of the Virgin, Litany of the Virgin, Litany of the Name of Jesus, the Penitential Psalms, and other prayers.
Scribe: script and arrangement resemble the work of Nicolas Jarry.
Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures; on fol. 57 the crowned initials MA within a rectangular frame.
Texts: Hours of the Virgin, Litany of the Virgin, Litany of the Name of Jesus, the Penitential Psalms, and other prayers.
Scribe: script and arrangement resemble the work of Nicolas Jarry.
Decoration: 8 full-page miniatures; on fol. 57 the crowned initials MA within a rectangular frame.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin and French
Resources
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