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Book of hours (MS M.388).

Accession number
MS M.388
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.388).
Created
Tours, France, ca. 1495.
Binding
19th-century French cream moroccco gilt and mosaic.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
164 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 188 x 120 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Gruel in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Chartres (Hours of the Virgin) and Tours (Office of the Dead); calendar in French; written and illuminated in Tours, France, ca. 1495.
Decoration: 12 full-page miniatures, 21 small miniatures.
Artist: a follower of Jean Poyer (formerly Poyet).
Script
bastarda.
Language
Latin and French
Classification