Accession number
MS M.514
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.514).
Created
Belgium, ca. 1425-1450.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
191 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 100 x 70 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Belgium, ca. 1425-1450.
Decoration: 4 full historiated borders.
Artist: Gold Scrolls Group.
Flemish 16th-century brown morocco, gilt and polished, with Crucifixion on upper cover and Virgin of the Apocalypse on the lower; in blue morocco case.
Decoration: 4 full historiated borders.
Artist: Gold Scrolls Group.
Flemish 16th-century brown morocco, gilt and polished, with Crucifixion on upper cover and Virgin of the Apocalypse on the lower; in blue morocco case.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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