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Book: Cambridge, St. John's MS N 24 (MS 264) (Shirley Book of Hours)

Created c. 1440-1445

John

Texts:

  • Book of Hours
  • Sept requêtes à Notre Seigneur
  • Quinze joies Notre Dame (Prose)

    • Illuminator(s):

  • Fastolf Master

    • Ownership Details

    John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, Ownership Possible (14??-1444) by Other.

    Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby, Ownership Confirmed (1444-1502) by Inscription.

    Anne Shirley, Ownership Confirmed (1502-15??) by Inscription.



    Bibliography

    Powell, Susan. "Lady Margaret Beaufort and Her Books," The Library 6, no. 3 (1998): 197-240.

    Jones, Michael K., and Malcom G. Underwood. The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).