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Book of hours (MS M.304).

Accession number
MS M.304
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.304).
Created
France, possibly Lille, ca. 1445.
Binding
Red velvet by Marguerite Duprez Lahey; slip case lettered: Horae - French - Early XV cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
221 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 209 x 158 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Badin, 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Book of hours for the use of Rome; calendar in Latin, inconclusive; written and illuminated in France, possibly in Lille, ca. 1445.
Decoration: 19 historiated initials, ornamental borders (full-page miniatures are lacking).
Artists: Master of Guillebert de Mets and the Mansel Master.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Classification