Accession number
MS M.432
Object title
Sur la mort de Jesus Christ.
Display Date
ca. 1650.
Created
France, ca. 1650.
Binding
Original white vellum with the arms of Anne of Austria (Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666); at center a crowned shield with divided arms of France, Spain, and Austria, the whole side sémé alternating fleurs-de-lis and a monogram of two A's crowned.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
23 leaves (1 column, 12 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 160 x 110 mm
Provenance
Dedication copy to Anne of Austria by her secretary, Civart?; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876); his sale, 1882; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in France, ca. 1650.
Scribe: Le Sieur Civart.
Decoration: 2 copperplate engravings by Pierre Firens, the Crucifixion (fol. 2) and the Magdalene (fol. 20v), inserted at the time the manuscript was executed.
Scribe: Le Sieur Civart.
Decoration: 2 copperplate engravings by Pierre Firens, the Crucifixion (fol. 2) and the Magdalene (fol. 20v), inserted at the time the manuscript was executed.
Script
cursive script
Language
French
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