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Book of hours (MS M.288).

Accession number
MS M.288
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.288).
Created
Veneto, Italy, early 16th century.
Binding
19th-century red velvet with silver clasp.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
119 leaves (1 column, 13 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 110 x 70 mm
Provenance
Abbate Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1805); Rev. Walter Sneyd (1809-1888) of Badington Rectory, Coventry (purchased in 1835); his sale (London, 1903, no.560) to Quaritch; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in the Veneto, Italy, early 16th century.
Decoration: 13 small miniatures, 4 historiated initials, 4 full border frames.
Artist: Benedetto Bordone.
Script
Italian textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification