M.778, 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/143957

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1435-1495

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: Belgium

City or region of production: Bruges

Illumination contents: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Massacre of the Innocents, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, St. Sebastian, St. Jerome, King David praying, Office of the Dead

Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Mass of the Virgin, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Office of the Dead

Hours intercalated?:

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Materials: Vellum

Binding original?: No

Binding description: Late 18th-century dark red morocco, gold-tooled; enclosed in cardboard box covered with a dice patterned pink and white paper.

Folio height (in centimeters): 4.8

Folio width (in centimeters): 3.4

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