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.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures, 44 small miniatures, 12 calendar illustrations.
Artist: unknown French artist.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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