Accession number:
MS M.514
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Belgium, ca. 1425-1450.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
191 leaves (1 column, 14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 100 x 70 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Belgium, ca. 1425-1450.
Decoration: 4 full historiated borders.
Artist: Gold Scrolls Group.
Flemish 16th-century brown morocco, gilt and polished, with Crucifixion on upper cover and Virgin of the Apocalypse on the lower; in blue morocco case.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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