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Book of Hours
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Boteler Family, Shropshire, Diocese of Lichfield, by commission; John Boykett Jarman, England, by 1846 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; T. Taylor, Wakefield [date and mode of acquisition unknown, but exhibited in 1878]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Five additional leaves: Jean-Marie Le Fell, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sam Fogg, London, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1989 | Decadent Decades: The Medieval Clothes Horse. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1987-1988 | Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400. Royal Academy of Arts, London. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1987 | Real People in the Middle Ages: Donor Portraits in Illuminated Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1985-1986 | Saints and Their Symbols. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/5/1979 | Examination | examined for condition |
Measurements
Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.105
