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Book of Hours (Possibly for Use of Péronne)

about 1450–75
Place of Manufacturepossible Tours, France
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink with gold on parchment; bindings of dark olive russian diced leather over boards with gilding
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 18.2 x 13.5 cm (7 3/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession number01.6751
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 1874, Gardner Brewer (b. 1806 - d. 1874), Boston [see note 1]; by descent to his daughter, Caroline Abigail Brewer (Mrs. Arthur) Croft (d. 1898), Boston; 1901, bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1901)

NOTES:
[1] An armorial bookplate of Gardner Brewer, with the motto "Memor et Fidelis," is on the inner front.
Detail: folio 1, verso
late 13th century
f 221v-222
about 1250–1300
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75
Detail: folio 1, recto
mid-13th century
View: f.1
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Book of Hours (variant of Use of Paris, and Use of Rome)
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)