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Book of hours (MS M.254).

Accession number
MS M.254
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.254).
Display Date
ca. 1475.
Created
Belgium, ca. 1475.
Binding
17th-century rose velvet in blue morocco case lettered: Canterbury Hours.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
213 + 2 leaves (13 lines)
Provenance
Given (Mar. 13, 1561) by Cornelius Herlenus (Herlin) of Rosenthal, rector of the University of Dillingen to Martha Kleindinstin (dedication with border decoration on verso of second flyleaf); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Sarum; written and illuminated in Belgium, ca. 1475.
Decoration: 25 full-page miniatures, 9 historiated initials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification