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Creative Commons License
Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This book is the original 17th-century fanfare binding from which the Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrative of the Text of Shakespeare's Plays (Walters 92.1269) was copied. Only some differences in the coloring of the leathers and the lack of clasps on the copy distinguish the two. The gold tooling was achieved by laying gold leaf over the leather and pressing heated brass tools into the surface, leaving the design behind in gold.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Mons (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 5/16 × W: 3 3/4 × D: 1 3/8 in. (16.03 × 9.53 × 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
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.
92.182