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Office of the Virgin (MS M.345).

Accession number
MS M.345
Object title
Office of the Virgin (MS M.345).
Created
France, 18th century
Binding
18th-century olive morocco by Derome le père, with the device of Louise princesse de Rohan Soubise.
Description
196 leaves, bound : paper, ill.; 150 x 100 mm
Notes
Ms. of the office of the Virgin, written and illuminated in France in the 18th century (formerly MS M.143).
Decoration: Bust-length portrait of the Virgin Mary in three-quarter profile, with the inscription "Ecce Mater Dei Fons Amoris". Other illumination consists of paintings of birds, insects, plants, and rural landscapes.
Contents: Office of the Virgin and other prayers.
Language
Latin, with French
Century
Classification