Accession number
MS M.646
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.646).
Created
Rouen, France, ca. 1510.
Binding
French 18th-century red morocco gilt dentellé border, 5 pomegranates in panels on back, doublures of gilt starred paper; in red morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1920.
Description
117 leaves (1 column, 30 lines), bound : vellum, ill. 172 x 90 mm
Provenance
Arms of first owner, the Guyot d'Anfreville family: azure a chevron argent, between three staff-pommels (?) or, with the motto: patior immerito and the initial R; Lancelot Holland sale (London, July 23, 1860, no. 1954) to Toovey; purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Quaritch in 1920.
Notes
Book of hours for the use of Paris; calendar in French; written and illuminated in Rouen, ca. 1510.
Artist: by an unidentified artist and Robert Boyvin, to whom the small suffrage miniatures beginning at fol. 192 have been attributed.
Decoration: 21 large miniatures, 26 small miniatures, 24 calendar illustrations.
Artist: by an unidentified artist and Robert Boyvin, to whom the small suffrage miniatures beginning at fol. 192 have been attributed.
Decoration: 21 large miniatures, 26 small miniatures, 24 calendar illustrations.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin and French
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