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Book of hours (MS M.24).

Accession number
MS M.24
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.24).
Display Date
ca. 1476.
Created
ca. 1476.
Binding
Bound by Deborah Evetts, 1981; previously in English Russian leather, ca. 1820, lettered on back: Horae ad usuum Norfolciensem.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description
131 leaves (1 column, 21 lines), bound : vellum, ill. 180 x 120 mm
Provenance
Marriage entry (Oct. 4) of John Bade and Anne, daughter of Francis Rops; owned by Lotties Kinnersly (16th century) and by Charles James T. Moore, of Frampton Hall, 19th century; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Sarum; written and illuminated in England, ca. 1476.
Decoration: 5-line gold and colored initials on squared penwork grounds; some marginal penwork flourishes and decorations.
Artist: perhaps an itinerant Dutch illuminator.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Middle English
Century
Classification