Book of Hours (Use of Lisieux, for female patron)
mid-15th century
Place of ManufactureFrance
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink with gold leaf on parchment; bindings of calfskin over pasteboards with marbleized pastedowns and endpapers, gilded spine
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 17.8 x 13.3 cm (7 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joseph H. Clark
Accession number12.390
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1841, Adolphe Audenet (1800-1872), [see note 1]; March 11 - April 3, 1841, sold by Adolphe Audenet at Hotel Drouot, Paris, no. 21 [see note 2]. By 1921, with Joseph H. Clark; 1921, gift of Joseph H. Clark. (Accession date: June 6, 1912)
NOTES:
[1] See bookplate on f. i verso. [2] Hotel Drouot, "Catalogue d'une collection de très beaux livres tant anciens que modernes" (Paris, March 11 - April 3, 1841), p. 4, no. 21.
NOTES:
[1] See bookplate on f. i verso. [2] Hotel Drouot, "Catalogue d'une collection de très beaux livres tant anciens que modernes" (Paris, March 11 - April 3, 1841), p. 4, no. 21.
late 14th century
mid-15th century
about 1300–50
about 1300–50
about 1450–75
mid-15th century
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
