Accession number
MS M.40
Object title
Roman du lis (MS M.40).
Created
Paris, France between 1350 and 1375.
Binding
Brown morocco gilt, ca. 1849.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1903.
Description
114 leaves (1 column, 27 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 200 x 140 mm
Provenance
Owned in 1672 by Pierre Masson, in Paris; J. Barrois Collection (no. 170), sold in 1849 to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (London, 1901, no. 521) to Quaritch, who sold it in 1902 to John E. Kerr (catalogue, 1903, p. 8, no. 7); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Kerr collection in 1903; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1350-1375.
Texts: Roman du lis (Louanges de la Vierge), fol. 1-81; Apocalypse, fol. 80-105; Invocation or Prayer to Mary Magdalen, fol. 106-114.
Decoration: one miniature, decorated initials.
Artist: Jean le Noir, or workshop of Jean le Noir.
Texts: Roman du lis (Louanges de la Vierge), fol. 1-81; Apocalypse, fol. 80-105; Invocation or Prayer to Mary Magdalen, fol. 106-114.
Decoration: one miniature, decorated initials.
Artist: Jean le Noir, or workshop of Jean le Noir.
Script
textura
Language
French
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