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Binding for Gospel Lectionary
1594-1596 (Ottoman)
patterned red silk over squared wooden boards, spine raised with six bands, traces of now lost metal attachments and clasps, pastedowns of yellow silk
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Byzantium and Early Russia)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Byzantium and Early Russia)
Binding is original and dates to the end of the sixteenth century; pasted down by Liz Bentzel in May 1935; patterned red silk over squared wooden boards; spine raised with six bands; traces of now lost metal attachments and clasps; pastedowns of yellow silk.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, ca. 1598, by gift; Léon Gruel, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel before 1931.
Geographies
Romania, Buzau
(Place of Origin)
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 1/2 x W: 10 5/8 in. (39.4 x 27 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.535.binding