Book of Hours
Accession number:
MS M.1055
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Rouen, France, ca. 1465-1475.
Binding:
French red morocco, spine gilt, ca. 1700.
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Roy O'Connor, 1984.
Description:
113 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. 210 x 150 mm
Provenance:
"Ex Libris Fleury Diaconi/1777" (partially obliterated inscription on second front flyleaf); Jakob Hirsch, Geneva; Herbert Straus; Therese K. Straus; Mrs. Roy O'Connor.
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rouen (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, calendar); written and illuminated in Rouen, France, ca. 1465-1475.
Decoration: 13 large miniatures, full illuminated borders on miniature pages, partial illuminated borders on text pages, numerous illuminated initials and line fillers; French Gothic style.
Artist: a follower of the Coëtivy Master.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and Middle French
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