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Livre de prières.

Accession number
MS M.327
Object title
Livre de prières.
Created
Paris, France, ca. 1723
Binding
French 18th-century green morocco; on the back four fleurs-de-lis and a red label; lettered: Prier.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
48 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 110 x 70 mm
Provenance
Made for the wife of Président Bernard de Rieux (possibly no. 133 or 134 in Président Bernard de Rieux sale, Paris, ca. 1747); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in May 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. prayer book; written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1723.
Date of execution from another manuscript written by this scribe for this patron which, according to the "Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Baron Jérôme Pichon" (1897-1898) is dated thusly.
Scribe: Siméon Le Couteux; signed S. Le Couteux fec. on fol. 2v.
Decoration: 7 illuminated headpieces and gold and blue lettering.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin and French
Century
Classification