FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 195 x 110 mm, 300 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Florence.
CHRONOLOGY – 16th century: 1536.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The manuscript was commissioned by Alessandro de’ Medici (1510-1537) as a wedding gift for his wife Margaret of Austria (1522-1586).
GENRE – Christianity; Private devotional books.
CONTENTS – Calendar and prayers.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Humanist minuscule.
DECORATION – 7 full-page miniatures, illuminated and decorated initials.
ARTIST – Francesco Boccardi.
STYLE – Renaissance.
d’Austria, d’Austria
d’Autriche, d’Autriche
d’Heures, d’Heures
d’ore, d’ore
de’, de’