M.290, 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/77127

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1495-1555

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: France

City or region of production: Paris, Rouen, or Tours?

Illumination contents: St. John the Evangelist, St. Luke, St. Matthew, St. Mark, Betrayal of Christ, Annunciation, Visitation, Crucifixion, Pentecost, Meeting at the Golden Gate, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, David and Goliath, Job, The Raising of Lazarus, Trinity Enthroned

Text contents: Calendar, Gospel Sequences, Hours of the Virgin, Short Hours of the Cross, Short Hours of the Holy Spirit, Matins of the Conception of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Prayers, Hymn to the Virgin Mary, Office of the Dead, Suffrages, Prayers to Christ, Prayers to the Virgin, Prayers to one’s Guardian Angel, Prayers to Christ, Prayers to the Virgin

Hours intercalated?: 1

Personalization:

Scribe:

Illuminator: A late follower of Jean Poyer and the Master of Morgan 219, recently rechristened MaƮtre de la Chronique scandaleuse

Patron:

Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: Unknown

Binding description: Rose velvet.

Folio height (in centimeters): 19.1

Folio width (in centimeters): 9.6

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