¶ Breviary (15th century) [MS]

Breviary.

Illuminated manuscript. Netherlands, 15th century. 351 leaves.

With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Abbey of Marienwater’s Hertogenbosch (Netherlands). — Frederik Muller (Amsterdam), 27–31 January 1860, lot 126. — William Bragge. — Bragge sale, Sotheby, 7 June 1876, lot 491. — Thomas Shadford Walker. — Walker sale, Sotheby, 23–24 June 1886, lot 345. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 815 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £15). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library [deaccessioned]. — British Museum (purchased 1943). — British Library (Egerton 3271).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 5, no. 80 (£10). — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_8108).

Digital images: British Library.

British Library

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¶ Breviarium (14th century) [MS]

Breviarium ad usum ecclesiae Cathalunenensis.

Illuminated manuscript. France, 14th century. 476 leaves.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 52 (sold to Ridges for £36). — Unlocated.

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2, no. 31 (£45). — Schoenberg (SDBM_39982).

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¶ Breviary (c. 1350) [MS]

Breviary.

Illuminated manuscript. Paris, c. 1350. 590 leaves.

Provenance: Edwin H. Lawrence. — Lawrence sale, Sotheby, 9 May 1892, lot 88 (sold to Quaritch). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (MS M.75).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 2, no. 32 (£200). — Additional bibliography (Morgan Library). — Curatorial description (Morgan Library). — de Ricci, 2:1380, no. 75. — Morgan Catalogue 4, no. 12. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_11362).

Images: Morgan Library.

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Morgan Catalogue 4:

¶ Breviary (14th century) [MS]

Breviary.

Illuminated manuscript. Probably Taranto, between 1350 and 1400. 491 leaves.

Provenance: James T. Gibson Craig (purchased in Rome, 18 January 1872). — Craig sale, part 1, Sotheby, 27 June 1887, lot 380 (sold to Leighton). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (MS M.200).

References: Curatorial description (Morgan Library). — de Ricci, 2:1403, no. 200. — Ellis valuation, fol. 3, no. 33 (£60). — Morgan Catalogue 4, no. 15. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_14237).

Images: Morgan Library.

Morgan Library

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Morgan Catalogue 4:

¶ Ellis — Hours of Albert of Brandenburg (1883)

Ellis, Frederic Startridge. The hours of Albert of Brandenburg: some account of a manuscript book of hours formerly in the possession of Albert of Brandenburg, elector of Mainz . . . executed by the artists of the Grimani breviary, 1514–23. London: Ellis & White, [1883].

Photographic illustrations. With an essay by W. H. James Weale.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 489 (part; sold to Ellis for £1 16s.). — Unlocated.

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