summary
Fragment from the 'Hungerford Hours'
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
165
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
105
justification : height (mm)
123
justification : width (mm)
70
note (deco)
Four 2-line initals with leafy designs and border extensions in red, pink, blue, green and burnished gold. Smaller initials in blue or gold with fine penwork; ornamental line fillers.
origDate : proposed date
c. 1330 or c. 1348
origPlace : proposed origin
England
provenance
The manuscript seems to have belonged to Robert, Lord Hungerford (d. 1459), and his wife Margaret Botreaux (d. 1478).Purchased from Bernard Quaritch (catalog 1396, number 12), 2010. Accession 2010-159.
