Accession number
MS M.263
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.263).
Created
France, probably Angers, ca. 1470.
Binding
French 16th-century brown silk (brocade) over boards, into which the manuscript was sewn when divided, ca. 1547, lettered: Offices of the Passion from the Library of Philippa de Gueldres; in red morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
63 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 128 x 97 mm
Provenance
Seventeenth century inscription on flyleaf states that the manuscript had belonged to Philippe de Gueldres, duchess of Lorraine and queen of Sicily; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Badin in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours (lacks material to determine use) containing the Office of the Passion, prayers and suffrages; written and illuminated in France, probably Angers, ca. 1470; text and small miniatures added about 1500.
Artists: the Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, a member of the Master of Jouvenel des Ursins group, did the original miniatures; added miniatures by the Artist of Additions to Morgan 263, an artist who worked with the Master of René II.
Decoration: 7 large miniatures with border scenes; 8 small miniatures, 1 small added historiated initial.
Revised: 2016
Artists: the Master of the Geneva Boccaccio, a member of the Master of Jouvenel des Ursins group, did the original miniatures; added miniatures by the Artist of Additions to Morgan 263, an artist who worked with the Master of René II.
Decoration: 7 large miniatures with border scenes; 8 small miniatures, 1 small added historiated initial.
Revised: 2016
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
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