Accession number
MS M.216
Object title
Office of the Virgin and other prayers (MS M.216).
Display Date
1661.
Created
Paris, France, 1661.
Binding
French 17th-century black shagreen with blue satin doublure, 2 gilt clasps, in dark blue morocco case; lettered: Office de la Vierge.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913).
Description
36 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 90 x 60 mm
Provenance
Bulletin Morgand 46 (1899), no. 35079; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson (?) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary; written and decorated in Paris, France, in 1661.
Scribe: Nicolas Jarry; fol. 2r signed: A Paris escrits par N. Jarry M.DC.LXI; fol. 22v signed: N. Jarry Parisinus scribebat 1661.
Decoration: 4 pages with floral headpieces and illuminated initials, gold bands framing each text page.
Artist: Nicolas Jarry (?).
Scribe: Nicolas Jarry; fol. 2r signed: A Paris escrits par N. Jarry M.DC.LXI; fol. 22v signed: N. Jarry Parisinus scribebat 1661.
Decoration: 4 pages with floral headpieces and illuminated initials, gold bands framing each text page.
Artist: Nicolas Jarry (?).
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
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