Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Book of hours (MS M.1100).

Accession number
MS M.1100
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.1100).
Display Date
late 15th century.
Created
France, late 15th century.
Binding
19th-century tan calf gilt by Abich; inscribed Prières on spine.
Description
82 leaves, (1 column, 21 lines), bound : paper ; 140 x 104 mm
Provenance
Probably written for monastic (Benedictine?) use; Maisonneuve et cie. Editeurs, France, 19th century (label pasted on inside front pastedown, with engraved Tower of Babel motif ); purchased at Swann Galleries, New York, 12 November 1996, lot 182, on the Acquisitions Fund.
Notes
Ms. book of hours written in northern France, later 15th century.
Watermark: ox head similar to Briquet 14203, registered for Luxeuil 1497-1502.
Booksellers' label pasted on inside front pastedown, with engraved Tower of Babel motif, Maisonneuve et cie. Editeurs A la Tour de Babel.
Script
cursive
Language
Latin
Classification