M.136, 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/77027

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1455-1505

Language(s): Latin, French

Use: Chalons-sur-SaƓn

Country of production: France

City or region of production: Eastern France

Illumination contents: Feasting, Warming before the fire, Pruning vines, Carrying a leafy branch, Falconing, Mowing, Reaping, Threshing, Sowing, Treading grapes, Gathering acorns, Slaughtering a pig, St. John the Evangelist, St. Matthew, St. Luke, St. Mark, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, Crucifixion, King David in prayer, Office of the Dead

Text contents: Calendar, Gospel Sequences, Obsecro te, Prayers, Passion according to John, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin in French, Hours of the Virgin, Short Hours of the Cross, Short Hours of the Holy Spirit, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Office of the Dead, O salutaris hostia

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: Yes

Binding description: Original stamped calf with center panel of conventional roses.

Folio height (in centimeters): 22

Folio width (in centimeters): 15

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