Louisiana
State University houses a rare book collection that includes the Book of Hours discussed in this
paper. The history behind the gift of
the manuscript is rather intriguing, however.
A donor, named John S. McIlhenny, presented the gift as the two millionth
entry in the LSU library system. Mr. McIlhenny donated many items to the
Louisiana State system over a span of 20 or so years, including parts of his
uncle’s ornithology collection including, but not limited to, original sketches
by John James Audubon and James Gould.
His uncle, Edward Avery McIlhenny, in addition to be a conservationist,
founded the Tabasco company which is still a family owned business today.
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