Made for anne of brittany; probably passed to her daughter claude of france, then to francis i (private office of francis i); palace of versailles (cabinet of curiosities of louis xiv; cabinet of louis xv; cabinet of louis xvi (naf 2622, catalogue of books in the cabinet of the king at versailles, p. 388: "manuscripts in 4°. 1. Hours of anne of brittany. Manuscript in gothic letters on the front of the vellum, decorated in the margin with a series of plants painted in miniature on a gold background and sometimes forming the half-frame or the perfect frame, further decorated with 49 full-page miniatures, without including the coat of arms or the cipher of the queen, or the 12 months of the calendar which have been historiated with paintings similar to each month. Large 4° with clasps and silver-gilt armor […]").
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