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Book of Hours
Provenance
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Completed for Paris use in the mid-1450s; miniatures illuminated by the Master of Jean Rolin II and an associate. Rebound s. XV/XVI. Gift of Louis Charpentier to Jean Boyd, 1662 (f. A): 'Ex Libris Joannis Bodii-1662:-/ Jean Boyd / dono dedit amicissimus Ludovico Charpentier'. Charles-Louis Frossard of Nîmes, s. XIX², identified on armorial bookplate as 'pasteur de l'église reformée de France / archiviste du synode général.'; not listed in his sale in Paris, 15 June 1909. Georges Hoentschel, Paris; his sale Paris, 14 April 1910, no. 3. Damascène Morgand, Paris bookseller; modern penciled notations: '8.a' (front pastedown), 'MSS français de 1450 environ' (f. 1). Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1910-1931, by purchase, probably from Morgand.
Exhibitions
| 2009-2010 | The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1994 | A Bouquet of French Manuscripts: Remembering Eleanor Spencer. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1986-1987 | Puer Natus Est : The Christmas Story in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1982-1983 | The Last Flowering: French Paintings in Illuminated Manuscripts, 1420-1530. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25/1982 | Treatment | examined for loan; other |
Measurements
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.251