Accession number
MS M.63
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.63).
Created
Angers or Nantes, France, ca. 1440
Binding
18th-century black morocco, blind tooled, perhaps Belgian.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description
115 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, illuminated ; 173 x 127 mm
Provenance
Original patron unknown; Pierre du Quirisec (died ca. 1543) and Françoise d'Araugor (16th century) (fol. 13: defaced du Quirisec arms; fol. 21: arms of du Quirisec and d'Araugor; fol. 75: defaced arms; fol. 93: arms of du Quirisec and d'Araugor); Richard Bennett; Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram, fourth Earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, no. 33; 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 Nantes and Angers; calendar for Angers; written and illuminated in Angers or Nantes, France, ca. 1440.
Decoration: 19 large miniatures, 29 small miniatures, 24 calendar illustrations.
Artist: Master of Jeanne de Laval.
Decoration: 19 large miniatures, 29 small miniatures, 24 calendar illustrations.
Artist: Master of Jeanne de Laval.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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