The origin of this manuscript in the northern French-Flemish border
region can be determined from its liturgical features, its leather
binding with stamped designs and the inscription Robiers
Plovrins as well as by a comparison with stylistically similar
manuscripts. Another book of hours illustrated by the same artist
is held at Claremont near Berkeley, California (USA). This exemplar
is a somewhat cruder imitation of the style of scribe and book
illustrator Jean Markant, who was quite popular around 1500 in
Lille. The commissioner of this volume is unknown.