Accession number
MS M.307
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.307).
Created
Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1520
Binding
19th-century red morocco, the inscription on the spine reads "REL. P. BOZERIAN JEUNE"; lettered: Praeces Piae - Manuscriptus in membranis; light blue moiré doublures in a 17th-century (?) red morocco case with gilt dentelle tooling.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
176 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 80 x 60 mm
Provenance
Signed G.G. on fol. 145v, possibly initials of first owner (in bas-de-page genre scene, woman is embroidering these initials in gold onto the blanket draped over a unicorn); said to have come from the Van Horn collection (possibly Baron van Hoorn); sold in Paris in 1809; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from J. & S. Goldschmidt of Frankfurt on Apr. 29, 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, ca. 1520.
Decoration: 27 full-page miniatures, 12 calendar miniatures, 2 historiated borders, and 8 borders with genre scenes.
Artist: Simon Bening.
Decoration: 27 full-page miniatures, 12 calendar miniatures, 2 historiated borders, and 8 borders with genre scenes.
Artist: Simon Bening.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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