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Book of hours (MS M.439).

Accession number
MS M.439
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.439).
Created
Belgium, perhaps Ghent, 1420-1430.
Binding
20th-century green velvet over heavy boards; two hand-shaped clasps.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1910.
Description
130 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 190 x 140 mm
Provenance
Léon Gruel (bookplate on front inside cover); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Gruel in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours; use of Arras (Hours of the Virgin), preceeded by an abbreviated Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome; written and illuminated in Belgium, perhaps in Ghent, between 1420-1430.
The text of M.439 is unfinished. The Calendar is incomplete.
Decoration: 9 full-page miniatures, 10 historiated initials.
Contents
fols. 1r-5r: Short Hours of the Virgin (Rome use, in French) -- fols. 5v-6r: Blank -- fols. 6v-18r: Calendar (incomplete) -- fols. 18v-19r: Blank -- fols. 19v-20v: Suffrage to Archangels Michael and Raphael -- fol. 21r: Blank -- fols. 21v-22r: Suffrage to John Baptist -- fols. 22v-23r: Blank -- fols. 23v-24v: Suffrage to Evangelist John and James Major -- fol. 25r: Blank -- fols. 25v-26r: Suffrage to Christopher of Lycia -- fols. 26v-27r: Blank -- fols. 27v-28v: Suffrage to Anthony Abbot and Sebastian of Rome -- fol. 29r: Blank -- fols. 29v-30v: Suffrage to Katherine of Alexandria and Margaret of Antioch -- fol. 31r: Blank -- fols. 31v-32r: Suffrage to Barbara of Nicomedia -- fols. 32v-33r: Blank -- fols. 33v-34r: Suffrage to Mary Magdalen -- fols. 34v-35r: Blank -- fols. 35v-36r: Suffrage to Anna -- fol. 36v: Blank -- fols. 37r-83v: Hours of the Virgin (Arras use) -- fols. 84r-84v: Blank -- fols. 85r-92r: Penitential Psalms -- fols. 92v-98v: Litany -- fols. 99r-100v: Penitential Prayers -- fols. 101r-130v: Office of the Dead.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Middle French
Century
Classification