Accession number
MS M.1027
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.1027).
Created
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1465.
Binding
Purple velvet.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr., in memory of Landon K. Thorne, Jr., 1981.
Description
169 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 117 x 80 mm
Provenance
Made for Benoît Damian of Blois, his arms (gules, a star of 8 points argent, on a chief or a demi eagle rising sable) on fol. 23 and 46, his motto (du surplus) on fol. 19, 23, 46, 85, 95, and 105; William Loring Andrews; Cortlandt F. Bishop; his sale, New York, Anderson Galleries, Apr. 25, 1938, lot 1431; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne; Mr. and Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); calendar for Augustinian use; written and illuminated in France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1465.
Decoration: 12 large miniatures painted in semi-grisaille, full borders on illuminated pages.
Artist: Master of Jean Rolin II.
Decoration: 12 large miniatures painted in semi-grisaille, full borders on illuminated pages.
Artist: Master of Jean Rolin II.
Contents
fols. 1r-12v: Calendar -- fols. 13r-13v: Blank -- fols. 14r-18r: Short Hours of the Cross -- fol. 18v: Blank -- fols. 19r-22v: Short Hours of the Holy Spirit -- fols. 23v-44v: Seven Penitential Psalms, Litany -- fols. 45r-45v: Blank -- fols. 46r-129v: Hours of the Virgin -- fols. 130r-169r: Office of the Dead -- fol. 169v: Blank.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
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