Accession number
MS M.209-210
Object title
Breviary for Franciscan use (MS M.209-210).
Display Date
ca. 1460-1470.
Created
Italy, perhaps Milan, ca. 1460-1470.
Binding
Previously in English 19th-century tan calf, blind tooled; rebound by Deborah Evetts in red morocco, gilt-tooled, Feb. 1972.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
M.209 210 leaves (2 columns, 32 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 180 x 120 mm
Provenance
Overpainted arms on fol. 97 of M.209 : or three bends azure with a cardinal's hat, suggested to be those of Cardinal Niccolò Fieschi (Flisco), count of Lavagna; ownership stamp on flyleaf of M.209 (Lugt 642d), contemporary with the stamp of P.F. Gachet (1828-1909); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. breviary for Franciscan use; written and illuminated in northern Italy, perhaps Milan, ca. 1460-1470.
Decoration - M.209: 5 historiated initials, arms on fol. 97 (a shield or, three bends azure)
Decoration - M.210: 7 historiated initials.
Decoration - M.209: 5 historiated initials, arms on fol. 97 (a shield or, three bends azure)
Decoration - M.210: 7 historiated initials.
Contents
M.209: fols. 1r-164v: Sanctorale -- fols. 165r-194v: Common of Saints -- fols. 194v-200r: Office of the Virgin -- fols. 200r-204v: Office of the Dead -- fols. 205r-210r: Calendar.
M.210: fols. 1r-96v: Psalter and Ferial -- fols. 97r-290r: Temporale -- fols. 290r-292v: Rubrics.
M.210: fols. 1r-96v: Psalter and Ferial -- fols. 97r-290r: Temporale -- fols. 290r-292v: Rubrics.
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textura
Language
Latin
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