Accession number
MS M.387
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.387).
Created
Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1460
Binding
Rebound in the fall of 1997 by Deborah Evetts into two volumes in cochineal-dyed alum-tanned reversed calf; previously in 19th- or 20th century red velvet over earlier red morocco; two plain, 16h- or 17th-century clasps; lettered: Horae - Flemish, c. 1450.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
357 leaves (1 column, 15-16 lines), bound : vellum, illuminated ; 115 x 82 mm
Provenance
Executed ca. 1460 at Bruges for a male patron, who was perhaps of the merchant class and a native of Cologne, who is depicted in four miniatures; arms (perhaps of the first owner) on a shield borne by St. Reinoldus on fol. 92v: on a shield quarterly gules and azure, a lion or (Eeskens?, of Malines); Jefferey Whitehead collection (1908); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Léon Gruel in June 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1460.
In two volumes: v. 1: fols. 1-188; v. 2 = fols. 189-357
Decoration: 42 full-page miniatures; retouched in the 16th century.
Artist: Guillaume Vrelant and his workshop.
In two volumes: v. 1: fols. 1-188; v. 2 = fols. 189-357
Decoration: 42 full-page miniatures; retouched in the 16th century.
Artist: Guillaume Vrelant and his workshop.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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