Book of Hours

Manuscript: 4th quarter 15th century; Binding: late 19th century Citation Source image

This Book of Hours was completed for the use in Rouen in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. The original female owner is depicted in a donor portrait kneeling at the right of Pietà on the last illuminated page of the book (fol. 114r). Marked prominence is given to this...

Manuscript

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Unidentified female owner, Rouen, France, ca. 1480-1490 (?) [1]. Maucourt, Montigny, 1725 [2]. Leo S. Olschki, Florence, late 19-early 20th century [3]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Depicted on fol. 114r, likely first owner[2] Fol. 124v: MAVCOVRT / 1725 / amontigny[3] Inscribed on front flyleaf i, v: 'x' and '566'; note below by Olschki concerning decoration; date penciled over partly erased earlier notation
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