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.
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
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