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Leaf from the Digest

Leaf from the Digest

(483?–565)
14th century
Place of ManufactureItaly
Medium/TechniqueInk on parchment
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 30.9 x 22.4 cm (12 3/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.534
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
InscriptionsMFA label in upper right corner of verso.
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] On loan to the MFA by Ross from September 30, 1913.
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