Accession number:
MS M.141
Title:
Book of Hours
Created:
Paris, France, ca. 1390-1400.
Binding:
19th century tan morocco with small B (for Beaupré) stamped in the center of each cover; lettered: Heures.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1902.
Description:
192 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 180 x 130 mm
Provenance:
Bookplate of Beaupré, antiquarian of Nancy, 19th century; bought Oct. 22, 1896 by Richard Bennett; his Catalogue, no. 43; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. book of hours for the use of Paris (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1390-1400.
Decoration: 14 large miniatures.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and Burgundian Old French
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