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Book of hours (MS M.253).

Accession number
MS M.253
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.253).
Created
Paris, France, ca. 1480.
Binding
Formerly in red silk; now in purple velvet with gilt clasps in dark blue morocco case lettered: Queen Margaret's Prayer Book.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913.
Description
249 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 130 x 100 mm
Provenance
Probably executed for Jean III Béthune (ca. 1450-1512) of the Béthune family whose combined arms are found on fol. 242r and 249v; Théophile Belin (catalogue, 1906, no. 23); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Paris (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in France, perhaps in Paris, ca. 1480.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures on fol. 242r and 249v; the combined arms of multiple associated families; 44 half-page miniatures with arms of different families at bas-de-page; 8 small miniatures; 24 calendar illustrations.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin and Middle French
Classification