(Q46445)

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Horae beatae Mariae virginis (use of Paris)
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Book of hours
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Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--France--1500-1550
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In Latin, with calendar and some prayers in French
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Extent: 158 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 17 cm.
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Written in bâtarde script in 1 column of 21 lines; 17 large miniatures, 1 historiated border, numerous foliate borders and decorated initials.
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Illuminated in France.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Bound in French enameled copper, ca. 1560, with device and initials of Catherine de' Medici.
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In a tray case, 19 cm.
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Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
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Belonged to unidentified nobleman (represented on f. 85r); Catherine de'Medici; Charles Adrien Picard, ca. 1740-50; his sale (Paris, 31 Jan. 1780, no. 41); appears in 18th-cent. catalogues (nos. 14, 6752); sold at Sotheby's (London, 6 May 1909, lot 31); to Maggs; to Richardson.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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