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Book of hours (MS M.9).

Accession number
MS M.9
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.9).
Created
Tours, France, ca. 1490-1500
Binding
17th-century French red morocco gilt, in the style of Le Gascon, in red morocco gilt case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1901.
Description
156 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 170 x 110 mm
Provenance
No. 653 in a (German?) 19th-century sale; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1901; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours, perhaps for the use of Paris (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Tours, France, ca. 1490-1500.
Artist: Workshop of Jean Poyer.
Decoration: 13 miniatures.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin and French
Century
Classification