The Hours of Hennessy or Hours of Notre-Dame is an illuminated book of Hours attributed to the Bruges artist Simon Bening and his workshop created in the 1530s. Its original commissioner is unknown and it is unknown how it was acquired by its later owners the Irish Hennessy family. It was bought for 12,000 Belgian francsWhich is equivalent to € in constant value of 2009. according to the Belgian National Bank tables. from Peter Hennessy's heirs by the Royal Library of Belgium in 1874, and is one of its most important manuscripts.
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