Accession number
MS M.508
Object title
Vita Christi (MS M.508).
Created
Lombardy, Italy, between 1500 and 1550.
Binding
English, early 19th-century olive morocco; gilt and tooled panels; gilt-tooled cross of Calvary on doublures; light blue silk endleaves; lettered: Le Passion de Jesus Christ. Identified as bound by Roger Payne in the July 14, 1843 Sotheby's sale catalog, but no visible stamp.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
41 leaves (1 column, 20-22 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 120 x 80 mm
Provenance
Given Aug. 1817 by Walter Fawkes to Archdeacon Francis Wrangham (inscription on first flyleaf); his sale (London, Sotheby's, July 14, 1843, lot 648) to H. Bohn; bought in 1847 by George Daniel (inscription on first flyleaf); his sale (London, Sotheby's, July 25, 1864, lot 1215) to Lilly; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. miracles and Passion of Christ; written and illuminated in Lombardy, Italy, early 16th century.
Decoration: 17 full-page miniatures.
Artist: Benedetto di Silvestro.
Attributed to Benedetto di Silvestro by Mirella Levi d'Ancona.
Decoration: 17 full-page miniatures.
Artist: Benedetto di Silvestro.
Attributed to Benedetto di Silvestro by Mirella Levi d'Ancona.
Script
cursive humanistic script
Language
Latin
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