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Psalter-hours (MS M.29).

Accession number
MS M.29
Object title
Psalter-hours (MS M.29).
Created
Provence, France, ca. 1460.
Binding
19th-century green velvet.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1900.
Description
206 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 190 x 134 mm
Provenance
Arms on title (a rosette between S and P); black armorial stamp (17th-century); bought (June 14, 1632) by Jacques Debane, canon of the Cathedral at Viviers (Ardèche); sold (Oct. 1860) by D. Appleton to Theodore Irwin (cat., 1887, p. 372, no. 2301); said to be a Guillaume Libri manuscript (cutting from a Sotheby's catalogue); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Irwin Collection in 1900; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. psalter-hours for the use of Rome; written and illuminated in Provence, France, ca. 1460.
Decoration: 12 miniatures.
Artists: two unknown artists.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification