Record ID:
77448
Accession number:
MS M.234
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Belgium, perhaps Tournai, 1480s.
Binding:
20th-century (?) blue velvet in blue morocco case, incorrectly labeled: The Duc de Gueldres Prayerbook - circa 1446.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 19084.
Description:
137 leaves (1 column, 22 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 160 x 120 mm
Provenance:
Frémont (18th century); Charles Lormier collection (not traced in his sales, Paris, 1901-1907); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Belgium, perhaps Tournai, in the 1480s.
Decoration: 28 miniatures.
Variant Title:
Title on case: Duc de Gueldres prayerbook
Script:
bastarda
Language:
Latin
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