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Initial C with Peter Lombard

French (Artist)
Peter Lombard (Author)
ca. 1180
parchment with ink, paint and gold
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Paris (?), ca. 1180; F. Fermy [mode of acquisition unknown], 16th or 17th century ('F. Fermy' added in left lower margin on fol. 100v, in brown ink); Sir Thomas Phillipps, second half of 19th century, [mode of acquisition unknown] Ms. 22241; Sir Thomas Phillips Sale, London, Sotheby's, June 6, 1898, lot 107; Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Kidderminster, June 6, 1898, by purchase; C. W. Dyson Perrins, 1911 (his bookplate on front pastedown, "Perrins 100," stamped on back pastedown), by purchase; C. W. Dyson Perrins Sale, London, Sotheby's (part 2), December 1, 1959, lot 54, [Pl. 3, fols. 1, 70, 125, 164]; Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, December 1, 1959, by purchase; English private collector [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, ca. 1982, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by purchase.

Exhibitions

1990 From Romanesque to Gothic: Illumination in Transition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)

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Museum Purchase

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.809.1R

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Sententiarum libri IV

French
ca. 1180
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