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Book of common prayer (MS M.225).

Accession number
MS M.225
Object title
Book of common prayer (MS M.225).
Display Date
between 1902 and 1904.
Created
Devon, England, between 1902 and 1904.
Binding
20th-century red morocco, gilt-tooled by Bradstreet.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1906.
Description
48 leaves (1 column, 24-33 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 318 x 225 mm
Provenance
Made in commemoration of the Jan. 22, 1901 coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of England; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Edward James Harty in April 1906; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. selections from Book of Common Prayer; written and illuminated in Devon, England, between August 1902 and July 1904.
Scribe: Edward James Harty.
Decoration: 1 full-page and many small miniatures, many based on 14th and 15th-century Flemish and Italian models.
Artist: Edward James Harty.
Script
textura
Language
English
Century
Classification