Leaf from Moralia in Job
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Renaissance Europe )
Provenance
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Ferdinand of Aragon (?); Battista Pandolfini (banker to Ferdinand of Aragon), 1481, by exchange (pledge for loan to finance the war against the Turks) [item 125 of the pledge is the first part of a Moralia, not identified by DeMarinis in libraries of Spain, Vienna, or Paris (See T. Demarinis II, 187-92 for text of 1481 pledge] (?); L. S. Olschki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [invoice no. 35784]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
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. |
Geographies
Italy, Naples (Place of Origin)
Measurements
12 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (30.8 x 21.8 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.338.1R