M.166, 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/77082

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1475-1535

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome (Hours of the Virgin), Utrecht (Calendar)

Country of production: Netherlands

City or region of production: Utrecht

Illumination contents: St. Veronica holding veil with Holy Face, Virgo lactans, Annunciation, Pietà, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Flagellation of Christ, Christ before Pilate, Ecce Homo, Christ carrying the Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from the Cross, Entombment of Christ, Pentecost, Annunciation, Virgin and Christ Child, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Death of the Virgin, Coronation of the Virgin, Bathsheba bathing, Souls in hell and souls borne to heaven

Text contents: Calendar, Mass of the Virgin, Passion according to John, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Office of the Dead, Athanasian Creed, Prayers, Eight verses of St. Bernard, Prayer of St. Augustine

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: French 18th-century green morocco, lettered: Heures Manuscrits sur vellin.

Folio height (in centimeters): 21

Folio width (in centimeters): 16

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