Accession number
MS M.58
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.58).
Created
Tours, France, ca. 1500-1515.
Binding
Green velvet in morocco case lettered: Horae - XVth cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
92 leaves (1 column, 30 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 100 x 70 mm
Provenance
Bought by Richard Bennett Mar. 1, 1898; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 48; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500-1515.
Decoration: 12 large and 6 small miniatures.
Artist: a follower of Jean Bourdichon.
Decoration: 12 large and 6 small miniatures.
Artist: a follower of Jean Bourdichon.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
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