Object details
Object number
7.2.23
Creator(s)
Title
A Psalter and Hours Executed Before 1270 for a Lady Connected with St. Louis, Probably His Sister Isabelle of France, Founder of the Abbey of Longchamp
Date
1905
Medium
Printed ink on paper with photogravure
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Green leather binding with gilded lettering on spine. Plain white bookjacket.
Description
36 pages, xxv leaves of plates : facsims. ; 29 x 37 cm
Dimensions
28 x 36.5 x 2 cm (11 x 14 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (half-title page, top right): 65. / Mrs. Gardner / with the regards of / H.Y. Thompson / 19 Portman Square / London W / Dec 7 1906.
Enclosed: "The Virgin and Child With Saint Francis, Saint Jerome and Two Angels" (ARC.011044)
Provenance
Gift to Isabella Stewart Gardner from the British collector and businessman Henry Yates Thompson on 7 December 1906.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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