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Fragment from a Book of Hours
The texts are short devotional tracts of a sort often found in books of hours of this period, but not including the Little Office of The Blessed Virgin Mary, which is in W.273. The unillustrated leaves are of very high quality.
The object was part of W.273, a Book of Hours of the use of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Robert Hoe, New York (d. 1909) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Hispanic Society of America [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale of Books and Manuscripts, Christie's, London, November 12, 2008, lot 27; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by purchase [Bernard Quaritch Ltd. as agent].
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 2008
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.273add
