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Reference number

Vol 141

Purpose

French School, Book of Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, written for use in the diocese of Tours, end of the 15th C. Bound in red velour embroidered in gold thread (149 x 100)

Medium and dimensions

Bound in red velour embroidered in gold thread (149 x 100)

Hand

French School

Notes

E. G. Millar, `Les manuscrits à peintures des bibliotheques de Londres’, Bulletin de la Société francaise de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures, IV. 2 (1914-20), MS 5, pp 111-15; N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 1969, 5, p. 291. Prov: From the library of the 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) for whom it was bound

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Giving Our Past a Future: The Work of the World Monuments Fund Britain, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 26 October 2012 - 26 January 2013

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