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Book of hours (MS M.167).

Accession number
MS M.167
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.167).
Created
Rouen, France, ca. 1470.
Binding
Red velvet.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
162 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 180 x 130 mm
Provenance
Sale of the Hon. Mrs. M... by Christie (London, July 6, 1894, no. 147) to Quaritch; purchased by Richard Bennett Apr. 28, 1896; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 64; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rouen (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Rouen, France, ca. 1470.
Decoration: 15 large miniatures; full inhabited borders.
Artist: Master of the Rouen Échevinage.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
Century
Classification