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Trésor de sapience, Histoire universelle, Creation to hadrian
1480-1485
Vellum; 361ff.; 6 large,35 small miniats;57 hist.initial
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Adolph of Burgundy (1489-1540), seigneur of Bevres, Vere, and Flissinghe; Duke Louis-César de la Vellière (1708-1780); sale, Paris, 1784 or 1788; Rev. Fletcher Fleming (Rayrigg, Windermere, Westmoreland), by 1866; L.S. Olschki, Florence, by 1916; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1998 | Mything Persons: Historic Figures in Legends of East and West. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1993 | Travel in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1991 | Tales in the Telling: Secular Narrative Illustration in the Medieval Book. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1989 | Art in the Book:The Vision of Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture in Illuminated Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1986 | Text and Image: Medieval Book Illustration. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/11/1986 | Treatment | re-housed; repaired |
Measurements
Overall: 16 15/16 x 12 5/8 in. (43 x 32 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.307