Wardington Hours

A lavishly illuminated Hours of the Passion, Paris, 15th cent. The manuscript is possibly a part of a Book of Hours now in the Huntington Library, San Marino. Its forty folios contain elaborate illuminated borders and eight large miniatures of stages in the Passion of Christ, executed in the exquisite style of the Bedford group of artists, so named after their patron John of Lancaster (1389-1435), Duke of Bedford, Regent of France for Henry VI.

Item date: 15th century
Grant Value: £10,000
Item cost: £635,000
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2007
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London