Accession number:
MS M.293
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
France, probably Besançon, ca. 1430.
Binding:
French 19th century green velvet, gauffered edges; in blue morocco case lettered: Hours for Besançon Paris School - c. 1440
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
164 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 195 x 142 mm
Provenance:
Prince Napoléon sale (London, Dec. 16, 1872, not found in the cat.); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from L. Badin in Mar. 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Book of hours for the use of Besançon, lacking calendar; written and illuminated in France, probably Besançon, ca. 1430.
Decoration: 19 miniatures with elaborate borders.
Artist: a follower of the Egerton Master.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and French
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