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Processional (Use of Dominican Nuns)

mid-15th century
Place of ManufactureMedingen?, Germany
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink on parchment; bindings of deerskin over boards
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 18.9 x 13.8 cm (7 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Other (writing space): 11.8 x 8.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number07.77
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Inscriptionsf. 1: a mid-15th century inscription, "Pro sorore DK" f. 1v: a mid-15th century inscription, "Das puch gehort in das closter zu medingen prediger ordens"
ProvenanceMid-15th century, the library of the Dominican nuns of St. Mary's in Medingen [see inscription f. 1v]. Mid-15th century, Sister D.K. [see inscription f. 1]. By 1907, with Dr. Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1907, gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: February 14, 1907)
Detail: folio 39, recto
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
View: Folio 75
about 1300–50
View: f.1
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Full view, open position
Ludolf von Sachsen
about 1450–75
View: Open book
about 1300–50
Detail: folio 1, verso
late 13th century
f 221v-222
about 1250–1300
Book of Hours (variant of Use of Paris, and Use of Rome)
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
Detail: folio 1, recto
mid-13th century