M.256, 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/77120

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1450-1525

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: Italy

City or region of production: Lombardy

Illumination contents: St. Jerome in initial C, Annunciation, St. Francis in initial D, St. Peter in initial D, St. Claire in initial D, St. Philip or simon in initial D, St. Peter in initial D, St. Agnes in initial D, St. Philip or Simon in initial D, Male saint in initial C, Male saint in initial D, St. Agatha in initial D, St. John the Baptist in initial D, Male saint in initial D, St. Bartholomew in initial C

Text contents: Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Virgin for Advent

Hours intercalated?:

Personalization:

Scribe:

Illuminator:

Patron:

Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: French 16th-century brown morocco, gold-tooled to a Clovis Eve pattern, with the names A. Chausson and M. Duparquet.

Folio height (in centimeters): 11

Folio width (in centimeters): 8

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