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Ferial Psalter

about 1300–50
Place of ManufactureSpain
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink with gold on parchment; bindings of pigskin over boards with paper pastedowns
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 37.2 x 26.2 cm (14 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.518
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Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1913, with Ludwig Rosenthal; by 1913, sold by Ludwig Rosenthal to Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)

NOTES:
[1] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.
Full view, open position
Ludolf von Sachsen
about 1450–75
Full view, open position
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
Full view, open position
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
View: f.40, open book
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Full view, open position
late 13th century
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75