Accession number
MS M.183
Object title
Psalter-hours (MS M.183).
Created
Liège, Belgium, ca. 1280s.
Binding
Original late 15th century Flemish tooled and stamped leather over boards; square stamps with stars, dragons, and fleurs-des-lis in rectangular frame enclosing three vertical columns; rebacked at the Doves Bindery, 1894; two modern clasps.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
298 leaves (1 column, 19 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 163 x 115 mm
Provenance
Made for a canon (or conceivably) a Beguine in the parish of St. Peter in Liège; Peter van den Hove of Brabant (d.1793), his ownership stamps on fol. 1, 2, and 296v: an octagon containing a serpent surmounted by a cardinal's hat; William Morris (1834-1896); purchased from Morris's estate in 1897 by Richard Bennett (1844-1900); Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 27; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.
Notes
Psalter-hours for the use of Liège (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, calendar); written and illuminated in Liège, Belgium, ca. 1280s.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, each with 10 compartments, 21 large historiated initials, most with border historiations, 24 calendar medallions.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, each with 10 compartments, 21 large historiated initials, most with border historiations, 24 calendar medallions.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Old French
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