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Initial "H" with St. Martin and the Beggar (Cutting from an Antiphonary)
Initial "H" with St. Martin and the Beggar (Cutting from an Antiphonary)

Initial "H" with St. Martin and the Beggar (Cutting from an Antiphonary)

Memmo di Filippuccio
early 14th century
Place of Manufacturepossibly Siena, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTempera, ink and gold on parchment
DimensionsOverall: 17.6 x 18.2 cm (6 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number41.908
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes [see note 1]; 1941, gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes. (Accession date: December 11, 1941)

NOTES:
[1] In 1938 and again in 1940-41, this book was on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes.
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