Accession number:
MS M.395
Title:
Bible
Created:
Paris, France, ca. 1415.
Binding:
Previously in late 18th century full maroon levant morocco by Belz-Niédrée; rebound by Charlotte M. Ullman in 1967 in maroon morocco with seven raised bands outlined by blind tooling.
Credit:
Purchased by J.Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
273 leaves (2 columns, 52 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 450 x 330 mm
Provenance:
Baron Achille Seillière (1813-1873); his sale (London, Sotheby's, Feb. 28, 1887, lot no. 130) to Ellis; William Wheeler Smith, New York (ca. 1838-1908); his sale (London, Sotheby's, Dec. 13, 1909, no. 111, plate) to Sabin; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in June 1910 from Théophile Belin; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. Bible (Bible historiale complétée à prologues); written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1415. M.394 is the first volume.
Text: includes only Tobit through the Acts of the Apostles, ending with the beginning of the Epistle of James.
In the 18th century this manuscript was believed to be a continuation of the manuscript now known as Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.394--Cf PML files.
Decoration: 68 miniatures.
Artist: workshop of the Boucicaut Master.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and Middle French
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