M.169, 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/77138

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1445-1495

Language(s): Latin, French

Use: Rouen

Country of production: France

City or region of production: Rouen

Illumination contents: St. John the Evangelist, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, King David praying, Pentecost, Office of the Dead, Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned

Text contents: Calendar, Gospel Sequences, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin in French, Seven Requests to Our Lord in French

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: French 16th-century cream leather with fleur-de-lis; in center of covers, medallions of the Crucifixion; two silver clasps with initials “J.D.K.” or “T.D.K.” on the lower.

Folio height (in centimeters): 18

Folio width (in centimeters): 13

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