Accession number
MS M.57
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.57).
Created
Piemonte, Italy, ca. 1465-1470.
Binding
Ruby velvet in olive morocco case lettered: Horae B.V.M. - Ms. Ital. In Membranis - Sec. XV.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
198 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 112 x 83 mm
Provenance
Bought (Mar. 1, 1898) by Richard Bennett; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 89; 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, Office of the Dead); calendar in Latin; written and illuminated in Piemonte, Italy, ca. 1465-1470)
Decoration: 14 miniatures, 4 historiated initials.
Artist: Antoine de Lonhy.
Decoration: 14 miniatures, 4 historiated initials.
Artist: Antoine de Lonhy.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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