ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 198r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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The initial A, which begins the prayer to Five Wounds of Christ, Ave uulnus lateris nostri redemptoris, is decorated with foliate ornament.
A border decorated with flowers and pearls within panels of a diamond pattern frames the text. In the right border, a pendant inscribed IHS hangs within one panel. A jeweled pendant hangs in a panel in the lower border.