M.1040, The Morgan Library & Museum

Holding institution title: Book of Hours

Holding institution classification: Book of Hours

Holding institution location: New York, NY

URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/145132

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1405-1455

Language(s): Latin

Use: Le Mans

Country of production: France

City or region of production: Brittany?

Illumination contents: Annunciation, Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, Betrayal and Arrest of Christ with Peter cutting off ear of Malchus, Pentecost, Christ before Pilate, Christ carrying the Cross, Christ nailed to the Cross, Christ’s side pierced by Longinus, Descent from the Cross, Entombment, Raising of Lazarus, St. James Major, St. Christopher, St. Margaret and the Dragon, Christ emerging from tomb with Arma Christi, St. Francis with male owner portrait

Text contents: Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Cross, Office of the Dead, Suffrages, Gospel sequences

Hours intercalated?:

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: 19th-century gold-tooled black morocco.

Folio height (in centimeters): 18.2

Folio width (in centimeters): 11.8

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