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Book of hours (MS M.164).

Accession number
MS M.164
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.164).
Created
France, between 1420 and 1430
Binding
French 16th-century brown morocco by Clovis Eve, with crowned H in the four corners, 2 double M, and semis of flowers, lambdas, S fermé, St. Esprit, foi, sun, angel, and sphinx heads in oval medallions.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913.
Description
142 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, illuminated ; 180 x 120 mm
Provenance
Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615) (?); Leconte or Letour (16th century) (?); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Dol (Hours of the Virgin) and Sarum (Office of the Dead); written and illuminated in Rennes, Brittany, France, ca. 1420-1430.
Decoration: 3 large miniatures.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification