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Alphonsus de Benavento, Treatise
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Alphonsus de Benavento wrote the treatise on penitential canons and acts of confession contained in this manuscript. The colophon informs us that Alphonsus was a professor of canon law at the university of Salmanca, Spain, and wrote this manuscript in 1456 in the nearby city of Tejares. At that time there was a pestilence in the city, for which Alphonsus asks for prayers. A historiated initial in which Alphonsus presents the treatise to a bishop begins the text, and the manuscript still retains its original stamped red leather binding.
Provenance
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Marques de Morante collection, Madrid, 1859 (?) [cat. VI, 1859, n. 11107, pp. 533, 534] [mode of acquisition]; Baschelin, Paris, 1872, by purchase [from Morante Sale, 1, n. 47]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988 | Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
Overall H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 13/16 in. (22 x 14.7 cm); Folio H: 8 3/16 × W: 5 9/16 in. (20.8 × 14.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.421