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Sixth Book of Papal Letters

(about 1234–1303)
about 1400–50
Place of ManufactureGermany
Medium/TechniqueInk and pencil (modern) on parchment
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 36.7 x 26.4 cm (14 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.523
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
InscriptionsNineteenth-century pencil notation in lower left margin of f. 2v reads "Liber sextus MS circ. 1420."
ProvenanceBy 1913, Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)

NOTES:
[1] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.
Folios 20v-21r
Pope Leo III
about 1400–50
Detail: folio 39, recto
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
Folios 24v-25r, Feast of Saint John the Baptist
late 14th century
Detail: folio 1, verso
late 13th century
View: Folio 75
about 1300–50
Book of Hours (variant of Use of Paris, and Use of Rome)
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
View: Open book
mid-15th century