Accession number:
MS M.216
Title:
Office of the Virgin and other prayers
Created:
Paris, France, 1661.
Binding:
French 17th-century black shagreen with blue satin doublure, 2 gilt clasps, in dark blue morocco case; lettered: Office de la Vierge.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913).
Description:
36 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 90 x 60 mm
Provenance:
Bulletin Morgand 46 (1899), no. 35079; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson (?) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; written and decorated in Paris, France, in 1661.
Scribe: Nicolas Jarry; fol. 2r signed: A Paris escrits par N. Jarry M.DC.LXI; fol. 22v signed: N. Jarry Parisinus scribebat 1661.
Decoration: 4 pages with floral headpieces and illuminated initials, gold bands framing each text page.
Artist: Nicolas Jarry (?).
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin
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