FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 152 x 95 mm, 470 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Florence.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century: 1488.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The manuscript is part of the series of books of hours that Lorenzo the Magnificent commissioned as a wedding gift for his daughters: the Ms. 16 was made for Maddalena de’ Medici (1473–1528).
GENRE – Christianity; Private devotional books.
CONTENTS – Calendar and prayers.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Humanist minuscule.
DECORATION – 27 full-page miniatures, decorated initials.
ARTIST – Mariano Del Buono, others.
STYLE – Renaissance.
d’ore, d’ore
d’Heures, d’Heures
de’, de’