Holding institution title: Book of Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: New York, NY
URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/77011
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Partially digitized
Date: 1497
Language(s): Latin
Use: Rome
Country of production: Italy
City or region of production: Bologna
Illumination contents: St. Jerome, Owner portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio praying before the Virgin Mary and Christ child enthroned, Heraldry of Giovanni II Bentivoglio of Bologna, King David praying, Nativity with St. George, St. George slaying the dragon, Crucifixion
Text contents: Ex libris inscription of Octaviano Cusani dated 1549, Calendar, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Pater Noster, Credo, Personal Prayers, Prayers of St. Augustine, Suffrages, Colophon
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: Executed for Giovanni II Bentivoglio (name on f. 16r, arms on f. 18: quarterly 1 and 4, or an eagle sable, 2 and 3, per bend indented or and gules)
Scribe: Girolamo Pagliarolo (signed and dated f. 190r)
Illuminator: Borders attributed to Girolamo Pagliarolo, miniatures attributed to various artists including Girolamo Pagliarolo, Francesco Francia, Amico Aspertini, Lorenzo Costa, and workshop
Patron: Giovanni II Bentivoglio
Materials: Vellum
Binding original?: No
Binding description: Blue levant morocco tooled with a Grolier design, doublures and flyleaves of red brocade by Gruel of Paris, 1911; Title Officium 1497 in medallion on upper cover; in blue morocco case.
Folio height (in centimeters): 19.5
Folio width (in centimeters): 12.6
