Book of Hours
Accession number:
MS M.487
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
England, possibly Winchester, 1490s.
Binding:
19th-century English or Scottish blue morocco; blind-stamped and gilt.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
273 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 200 x 160 mm
Provenance:
First owner named John (Iohanni, Iohann, mentioned in several prayers); 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 (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in England, perhaps in Winchester, in the 1490s.
Wieck, in "Painted Prayers" (1997) suggests that the manuscript was made for a child since it begins with an alphabet (on fol. 1r) and basic prayers like the Pater Noster, Hail Mary, and Apostles' Creed.
Texts: alphabet, prayers, and benediction (fol. 1-12v); book of hours (fol. 13-273).
Decoration: 9 full-page miniatures, 20 large illuminated initials and borders.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and English
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