M.57, 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/77133

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1440-1495

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: Italy

City or region of production: Piedmonte

Illumination contents: Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, Raising of Lazarus, Last Judgment, Crucifixion, Pentecost, St. Jerome, St. John the Evangelist, St. Luke, St. Matthew

Text contents: Calendar, Seven Joys of the Virgin, Hours of the Virgin, Psalms for days of the week, Hours of the Virgin in Advent, Office of the Dead, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Psalter of St. Jerome, Three Prayers, Gospel Sequences

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: Unknown

Binding description: Ruby velvet in olive morocco case lettered: Horae B.V.M. – Ms. Ital. In Membranis – Sec. XV.

Folio height (in centimeters): 11.2

Folio width (in centimeters): 8.3

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