Accession number:
MS M.254
Title:
Book of hours
Created:
Belgium, ca. 1475.
Binding:
17th-century rose velvet in blue morocco case lettered: Canterbury Hours.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
213 + 2 leaves (13 lines)
Provenance:
Given (Mar. 13, 1561) by Cornelius Herlenus (Herlin) of Rosenthal, rector of the University of Dillingen to Martha Kleindinstin (dedication with border decoration on verso of second flyleaf); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Sarum; written and illuminated in Belgium, ca. 1475.
Decoration: 25 full-page miniatures, 9 historiated initials.
Variant Title:
Title on case: Canterbury hours
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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