Accession number
MS M.32
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.32).
Created
France, probably Rouen, ca. 1470
Binding
English stamped calf, ca. 1540, with the Tudor rose.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1900.
Description
82 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 190 x 130 mm
Provenance
G. Libri sale (London, Aug. 1, 1859, cat. 1859 no. 1272) to Willis; purchased (Oct. 1860) from Appleton by Theodore Irwin, cat. 1887, p. 217, no. 1369; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Irwin Collection in 1900; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rouen (calendar in French); written and illuminated in France, probably Rouen, ca. 1470.
Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Echevinage.
Decoration: 3 large miniatures; 6 historiated border vignettes; 47 calendar vignettes, comprising labors of the months, Virtues and Vices, Old Testament, and "historical" scenes.
Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Echevinage.
Decoration: 3 large miniatures; 6 historiated border vignettes; 47 calendar vignettes, comprising labors of the months, Virtues and Vices, Old Testament, and "historical" scenes.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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