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Office of the Virgin and other prayers (MS M.216).

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 (?).
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
Century
Classification