Written in NW France (likely for the Use of Arras or Paris) in the early 15th century. Possibly identical with the Book of Hours sold at Sotheby's London on 20 December 1948, lot 415. "The Property of a Gentleman." Dismembered by Otto or Louise Ege in the late 1940s, leaves used as no. 45 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, of which 40 were produced and 31 are known. Purchased from Bruce Ferrini by a private collector in Ohio in the 1980s. Acquired by Harvard University's Houghton Library from a private collection in Louisville, Ohio, at Christie's London on 9 December 2020, lot 9.

Record by Lisa Fagin Davis

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