origPlace : proposed origin
Commissioned by: Yolande of Flanders Statement of responsibility: Illuminator(s): Jean le Noir or Burgot le Noir, Paris. Ownership: Written in France, in Paris, between 1353 and 1363. The leafs come from the Hours of Yolande de Flandres (BL Yates Thompson 27), a manuscript attributed to Jean le Noir or his daughter Burgot. Written fo liturgical use of Paris. Ownership: Charles V of France, John Boykett Jarman (d. 1864), John Ruskin (d. 1900). Purchased from M E Hilliard at Sotheby auction 16 May 1955. Gift to NM by Sven Ericsson, Stockholm in 1956.