Accession number
MS M.278
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.278).
Created
Belgium, possibly Ghent, ca. 1480-1490
Binding
19th-century ruby red velvet with red morocco doublures by C. Smith; silver gilt corners and clasp; in dark green morocco case lettered: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis - MS. Saaec. XV.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
188 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 150 x 110 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Belgium, perhaps in Ghent, ca. 1480-1490.
Decoration: 15 full-page miniatures, 16 historiated initials.
Artist: Workshop of Master of Edward IV.
Decoration: 15 full-page miniatures, 16 historiated initials.
Artist: Workshop of Master of Edward IV.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
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