Accession number:
MS M.351
Title:
Historia von Leiden und sterben unsers Herren Jesu Christe
Created:
Munich or Nuremberg, Germany, 17th century.
Binding:
Original black morocco, gilt-tooled with two clasps.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description:
64 leaves (1 column, 26 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 126 x 100 mm
Provenance:
J.C. Vandermeer of Amsterdam (1727); Charles Henry Van Prague (1727); Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 1899, lot. 27, p. 14) to Pickering; purchased by Junius S. Morgan (1867-1932) for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) through Quaritch in 1909; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written and illustrated in Munich or Nuremberg, Germany, mid 17th century.
Text: excerpts from the Gospels of the Passion, followed by prayers and reflections.
Decoration: decorative title page, 16 full-page pen and ink drawings, copies or variants of works by 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists.
Script:
fractura
Language:
German
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