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Rule of Saint Benedict, for Nuns

about 1400–50
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink on parchment; bindings of calfskin over oak boards
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 19 x 14.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number09.330
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Inscriptions"NC" monogram stamped in black on f. 1, possibly in 18th century.
ProvenanceBy 1909, Dr. Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1909, gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: August 26, 1909)
View: f.1
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Folios 133v-134r, historiated initial with Christ emerging from the tomb
Liberale da Verona
about 1450–75
Pacino di Bonaguida
between 1303 and 1340
Detail: folio 39, recto
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
Full view, open position
Ludolf von Sachsen
about 1450–75
View: Open book
about 1300–50
Detail: folio 1, verso
late 13th century