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Le roman de la rose

Guillaume de Lorris (French, active 13th century) (Author)
Jean de Meun (French, ca. 1250-1305) (Author)
mid 14th century
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.

Leon Gruel (?), Paris, late 19th-early 20th century; Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1895-1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2010 Checkmate! Medieval People at Play. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2009 Romance of the Rose: Visions of Love in Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1991 Tales in the Telling: Secular Narrative Illustration in the Medieval Book. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1986 Text and Image: Medieval Book Illustration. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1984-1985 Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/2/1986 Treatment stabilized
1/14/1986 Treatment stabilized
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Geographies

France, Paris (Place of Origin) France (Place of Binding)

Measurements

H: 11 7/16 x W: 7 7/8 in. (29 x 20 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1894

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.143

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