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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
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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)
Folios 146v-147r, Christ and the Apostles
Book of Hours (for Female Use)
mid-15th century
Folios 62v-63r, historiated initial with St. John Gualbert
Vallambrosan Rituale
1479–1508
View: Open book
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
about 1433–66
Folios 167v-168r
Bible (Genesis - Psalms)
1454
folios 3v-4r
Bible
mid-13th century
View: f.40, open book
Gradual (Carmelite Use)
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Full view, open position
Book of Hours (variant of Use of Paris, and Use of Rome)
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
Folio 131r, Death attacking a man and a woman (Office of the Dead)
Book of Hours (Possibly for Use of Péronne)
about 1450–75
Full view, open position
Various writings
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
f 221v-222
Bible
about 1250–1300
View: Folio 75
Homiliary
about 1300–50
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75