Accession number
MS M.252
Object title
Recueil des prièures de l'eglise.
Display Date
1670.
Created
Paris, France, 1670.
Binding
Red morocco; lettered: Recueil de Prières.
Credit line
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.
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
Resources
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Classification
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