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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.
Female owner [as evidenced by fols. 13r-32v & fols. 57v-85v], Paris, ca. 1250-1275; Reims, ca. 1400-1410 [calendar for Reims usage added ca. 1400-1410]; [numerous French ownership notations, (17th-18th centuries), including numbers below full-page miniatures (erased), dates, and names: '1456' (fol. 1r), '1674' (fol. 'a')]; Nichaule, France [date and mode of acquisition unknown] ['Nichaule' (fol. 113r), 'Nichaule/ 1732 [date added later]/ 1674' (fol. 'z')]; Amé Coinart, France [date and mode of acquisition unknown] ['Monsieur Amé Coinart [(?) fol. 'av', erased], 'Amé' [fol. 119r, twice]]; Bedois..., France [date and mode of acquisition unknown] ['Bedois...' (fol. 171v)]; [19th century, penciled notations: 'Add. Ms. 21' (front pastedown), '9595' (fol. 'a'), '85' (back pastedown)]; Léon Gruel, Paris, ca. 1900-1910 [slip, WAG file; also on file, photostat of another slip marked '435', dated 5/28/32 and initialed HW (Henry Walters)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, shortly before November 30, 1931, by purchase [paid for after 28 May 1932]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1997 | Images of Devotion: Personal Piety in Medieval Manuscripts and Ivories. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
6 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (15.9 x 10.5 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.40