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Partial Bifolium from The Confessions

(Roman, North Africa, A.D. 354–430)
late 12th century
Place of ManufactureSwitzerland
Medium/TechniqueInk on parchment
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions of half leaf): 15 x 21.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession numberRES.17.86
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)
Detail: folio 39, recto
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