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Jacobus Macharius Venetus (Scribe)
Raimondo de Capua (Italian, 1330-1399) (Author)
ca. 1470 (Renaissance)
ink, paint and gold on parchment
(Renaissance Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Provenance
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Library of Gonzaga Marquis, dukes of Mantua [arms on fol. 110r]; Museo Cavaleri, Milan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [stamp on fol. 1r]; Demoulard [publisher] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Pietro Vergani [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale; Charles Butler, Hatfield [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale; William Morris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, London, 1898, no. 345; Laurence W. Hodson, 1898, by purchase; Sale, London, 1906, no. 109; Quaritch, 1906, by purchase; Olschki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1912 [inv. no. 30433, list of ca. 1912, no. 53]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2009 The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2005-2006 Dressed in Gold: Books of the Italian Renaissance. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1994-1995 Renaissance Books and Manuscripts of the Humanist Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1989-1990 Manuscript Painting in the Renaissance. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Italy, Siena (Place of Origin)

Measurements

13 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (33.5 x 23.6 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.350.10R

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Legenda San Catherinae de Senis

Jacobus Macharius Venetus
ca. 1470 (Renaissance)
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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