Accession number
MS M.361
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.361).
Created
Florence, Italy, during the last quarter of the 15th century.
Binding
Brown blind-tooled morocco by A. Sauton, with clasps and brown silk doublures; perhaps 19th century.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Description
223 leaves (1 column, 13 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 140 x 100 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in August, 1909; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin), calendar for Florence; written and illuminated in Florence, Italy, in the last quarter of the 15th century.
Decoration: 4 full-page decorations, 12 historiated initials, fine penwork decoration.
Artist: Francesco di Antonio del Chierico.
Decoration: 4 full-page decorations, 12 historiated initials, fine penwork decoration.
Artist: Francesco di Antonio del Chierico.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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