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Book of hours (MS M.1040).

Accession number
MS M.1040
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.1040).
Created
France, possibly Brittany, ca. 1430.
Binding
19th-century gold-tooled black morocco.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, in memory of André Meyer, 1982.
Description
110 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 182 x 118 mm
Provenance
Charles d'Assé; Charles d'Assé II; Armand d'Assé; H.P. Kraus, New York; André Meyer.
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Le Mans (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, litany); written and illuminated circa 1430, perhaps in Brittany, France.
Decoration: 16 large miniatures; full borders on miniature pages.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification