Accession number
MS M.294
Object title
[Gospel Lectionary (selections)].
Display Date
1581.
Created
Rouen, France, 1581.
Binding
Original black velvet over boards, metal corners, central boss and 2 clasps; in morocco slip case lettered: Sequence of the Gospels - executed for Henri III French 1581.
Credit line
Purchased by J.Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
23 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 290 x 190 mm
Provenance
Written at Rouen in 1581 to commemorate the re-establishment of the Chambre des Comptes de Normandie by Henri III; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Lodovic Badin in June 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. gospel lectionary selections, preceded by commemorative leaves concerning the re-establishment of the Chambre des Comptes de Normandie at Rouen by Henri III; written and illuminated in Rouen, France, in 1581.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures; each page framed in a floral border.
Artist: attributed to an artist of the DuMontier school.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures; each page framed in a floral border.
Artist: attributed to an artist of the DuMontier school.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin and French
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