Accession number:
MS M.432
Title:
Sur la mort de Jesus Christ.
Created:
France, ca. 1650.
Binding:
Original white vellum with the arms of Anne of Austria (Anne, Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1666); at center a crowned shield with divided arms of France, Spain, and Austria, the whole side sémé alternating fleurs-de-lis and a monogram of two A's crowned.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
23 leaves (1 column, 12 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 160 x 110 mm
Provenance:
Dedication copy to Anne of Austria by her secretary, Civart?; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876); his sale, 1882; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written in France, ca. 1650.
Scribe: Le Sieur Civart.
Decoration: 2 copperplate engravings by Pierre Firens, the Crucifixion (fol. 2) and the Magdalene (fol. 20v), inserted at the time the manuscript was executed.
Script:
cursive script
Language:
French
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