Recueil des prièures de l'eglise.

Accession number: 
MS M.252
Title: 
Recueil des prièures de l'eglise.
Created: 
Paris, France, 1670.
Binding: 
Red morocco; lettered: Recueil de Prières.
Credit: 
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description: 
164 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 100 x 60 mm
Provenance: 
Arms of the first owner, a member of the Boudens family of Holland (gules a chevron or, in chief 2 trefoils or in point a rose or) on fol. 1 and 3; annotation by later owner: Petrus de'quêt de parisiys ano 1722; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes: 

Ms. collection of prayers; written and decorated in Paris, France, in 1670.
Scribes: Henri and Gérard Turpin, who signed and dated the t.p.
Decoration: title within elaborate architectural frame and arms of the first owner drawn in pen and ink on fol. 1; arms and floral elements in headpiece on fol. 3.

Script: 
Roman letters
Language: 
Latin and French
Classification: