Accession number:
MS M.294
Title:
Gospel Lectionary
Created:
Rouen, France, 1581.
Binding:
Original black velvet over boards, metal corners, central boss and 2 clasps; in morocco slip case lettered: Sequence of the Gospels - executed for Henri III French 1581.
Credit:
Purchased by J.Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
23 leaves (1 column, 23 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 290 x 190 mm
Provenance:
Written at Rouen in 1581 to commemorate the re-establishment of the Chambre des Comptes de Normandie by Henri III; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Lodovic Badin in June 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. gospel lectionary selections, preceded by commemorative leaves concerning the re-establishment of the Chambre des Comptes de Normandie at Rouen by Henri III; written and illuminated in Rouen, France, in 1581.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures; each page framed in a floral border.
Artist: attributed to an artist of the DuMontier school.
Script:
Roman letters
Language:
Latin and French
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