Life of Christ (final volume of set)
Ludolf von Sachsen
(German, 1300–1377 or 1378)
about 1450–75
Place of ManufactureFerrara, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTempera, ink, and gold on parchment; bindings of vellum over paste-boards with ink on spine and paper pastedowns and flyleaves
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 33.2 x 22.8 cm (13 1/16 x 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of George Harold Edgell
Accession number38.88
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
Provenance3rd quarter of the 15th century, written at the Carthusian Certosa di San Cristofori, Ferrara, Italy [see note 1]. By 1938, with George Harold Edgell (1887-1954) [see note 2]; gift of George Harold Edgell. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)
NOTES:
[1] Compare with Milan, Bibl. Trivulzia cod. 1440, which has the same monogram and is from the Certosa. Also, see Porro, G. Catalogo dei Codici Manoscritti della Trivulziana (Biblioteca Storica Italiana II:1) (Turin, 1884), p. 135, Cod. 1440, for description of the monogram. [2] George Harold Edgell served as director of the MFA from 1934 until 1954.
NOTES:
[1] Compare with Milan, Bibl. Trivulzia cod. 1440, which has the same monogram and is from the Certosa. Also, see Porro, G. Catalogo dei Codici Manoscritti della Trivulziana (Biblioteca Storica Italiana II:1) (Turin, 1884), p. 135, Cod. 1440, for description of the monogram. [2] George Harold Edgell served as director of the MFA from 1934 until 1954.
mid-15th century
about 1300–50
mid-15th century
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
late 13th century
about 1433–66
1479–1508
about 1400–50
