Accession number
MS M.455
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.455).
Created
Paris, France, ca. 1417.
Binding
French stamped calf and gilt calf binding (ca. 1530) enclosed in brown leather case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
194 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 215 x 156 mm
Provenance
Formerly in the Lebeuf de Montgermont Collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ed. Rahir in Paris in July 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Book of hours for the use of Paris; written and illuminated in Paris, ca. 1417; calendar in French.
Decoration: 14 large miniatures with ornamental borders and illuminated initials.
Artist: Master of the Harvard Hannibal.
Revised: 2015
Decoration: 14 large miniatures with ornamental borders and illuminated initials.
Artist: Master of the Harvard Hannibal.
Revised: 2015
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
Resources
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Classification
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