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Bible

late 13th century
Place of ManufactureParis, France
Medium/TechniqueTempera, ink, pencil (modern), and gold on parchment; bindings of leather over boards with gilding
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 16.9 x 12.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number00.17
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
InscriptionsEighteenth-century (?) signature (smudged and illegible) on f. "320." Dealer's description pasted inside front cover. MFA bookplate inside front cover, with gift inscription from Dr. Denman W. Ross.
ProvenanceBy 1900, Dr. Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1900, gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: February 2, 1900)
Detail: folio 1, recto
mid-13th century
View: f.1
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Book of Hours (variant of Use of Paris, and Use of Rome)
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
Detail: folio 39, recto
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
f 221v-222
about 1250–1300
View: Folio 75
about 1300–50
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75