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
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