M.227, 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/77105

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1436-1486

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: Italy

City or region of production: Ferrara

Illumination contents: Virgin Mary and Christ Child in initial D, Heraldic shield of the Falletti family, St. Lucy, St. Catherine, Prophet Jonah, Prophet Isaiah, King David praying in initial D, Cross in initial D, Head of a Green Man, Two doves on an unfurled scroll, Skull on a bier draped with a pall in initial D

Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Hours of the Cross, Office of the Dead, Prayers, O Intemerata, Obsecro te

Hours intercalated?:

Personalization:

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Illuminator:

Patron:

Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: English 19th-century green morocco with stamp of Henry Gee Barnard on the upper cover; lower cover reads: Missale Romanum sec. XV.

Folio height (in centimeters): 13.5

Folio width (in centimeters): 9.7

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