M.80, 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/77222

URL2: N/A

Digitization status: Partially digitized

Date: 1425-1500

Language(s): Latin

Use: Rome

Country of production: Italy

City or region of production: Milan?

Illumination contents: Virgin Mary and Christ Child in initial D, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Noah, Daniel, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine in initial T, Virgin Mary in initial D, St. Apollonia in initial D, Female saint in initial D, King David in initial D, St. Cecilia in initial D, St. Catherine in initial D, St. Agnes in initial C, King David in initial D, Naphtali, Daniel, Isaiah, Noah, Death in initial D, Naphtali, Jonah, Elisha, Joshua, Pentecost in initial D

Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Virgin for Advent, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Office of the Dead, Short Hours of the Corss, Short Hours of the Holy Spirit

Hours intercalated?:

Personalization: Arms of the first owner, perhaps from the Sampieri or Bologna families, are visible on f. 13r (azure a greyhound argent, collared gules, above and below it a star of 8 points or, in the dexter angle a fleur-de-lis or).

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Binding original?: No

Binding description: Italian 18th-century red morocco; in red morocco case by Marguerite Duprez Lahey; lettered: Offices of the Virgin – Italian – XV cent.

Folio height (in centimeters): 13

Folio width (in centimeters): 10

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