Accession number
MS M.172
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.172).
Created
Rouen, France, ca. 1470-1480
Binding
19th-century red velvet with gilt metal clasps and corners, two center pieces representing the Bearing of the Cross and the Child Jesus on clouds with cross and chalice.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
118 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 150 mm
Provenance
Purchased by Richard Bennett, Jan. 31, 1893; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 56; 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 Lisieux (Hours of the Virgin) and Sarum/Rouen (Office of the Dead, calendar); written and illuminated in Rouen, France, ca. 1470-1480.
Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Échevinage.
Decoration: 8 large miniatures.
Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Échevinage.
Decoration: 8 large miniatures.
Contents
fols. 1r-12v: Calendar -- fols. 13r-15v: Obsecro te (lacks end) -- fols. 16r-18v: O intemerata (lacks beginning) -- fols. 19r-23v: Gospel sequences -- fols. 24r-72v: Hours of the Virgin (lacking first folio) -- fols. 73r-74v: Short Hours of the Cross (lacking first folio) -- fols. 75r-77r: Short Hours of the Holy Spirit (lacking first folio) -- fol. 77v: Blank -- fols. 78r-93v: Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany -- fols. 94r-118v: Office of the Dead (lacking first folio) -- fols. 119r-119v: Blank.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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