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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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
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ProvenanceBy 1909, Dr. Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1909, gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: August 26, 1909)
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
mid-15th century
about 1300–50
late 13th century
mid-15th century