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Book of hours (MS M.157).

Accession number
MS M.157
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.157).
Created
France ca. 1440.
Binding
Red velvet, in red cloth slipcase.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1906.
Description
204 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 226 x 163 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from J. Pearson in 1906; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Paris (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead); calendar in French, composite, mainly Paris; written and illuminated in France, Anjou or Brittany, ca. 1440.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures, 44 small miniatures, 12 calendar illustrations.
Artist: unknown French artist.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
Classification