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Treatise in Defense of Christianity

mid-15th century
Place of ManufactureSpain
Medium/TechniqueTempera, ink, and pencil (modern) with gold leaf on paper
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 29.5 x 21.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.516
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
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InscriptionsEffaced 17th-century inscription in upper margin of f. 1 recto; 17th-century additions and marginalia throughout.
ProvenanceBy 1871, Conte Eugenio Minutoli Tegrini, Lucca, Italy [see note 1]. About 1912, possibly T. De Marinis, Florence, Italy [see note 2]. By 1913, Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA [see note 3]; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)

NOTES:
[1] See Catalogue, Conte Eugenio Minutoli Tegrini Collection, 1871, p. 32, n. 169.
[2] Ricci, Seymour de. "Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada," vol. I (New York, 1935-40), p. 945.
[3] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.
Full view, open position
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)
Folios 24v-25r, Feast of Saint John the Baptist
late 14th century
Full view, open position
late 13th century
View: f.40, open book
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
Full view, open position
Saint Augustine
mid-13th century
View: Folio 75
about 1300–50