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Binding from Gospels
This binding from Walters manuscript W.592 is brown goatskin (with a flap). It is decorated with a blind-tooled central oval medallion and cornerpieces.
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 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Henry Walters Ex Libris book plate on the inside of the upper board]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.592.binding
