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Binding from Cologne Psalter-Hours

German (Artist)

late 13th century (Medieval)

16th or 17th century boards (possibly beech) re-covered in the nineteenth century with now worn red velvet, probably by Gruel; 18th or 19th century clasps
(Medieval Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Binding is non-original. Sixteenth- or seventeenth-century boards (possibly beech) re-covered in the nineteenth century with now worn red velvet, probably by Gruel; eighteenth- or nineteenth-century clasps, crudely reattached.

Provenance

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Made for Franciscan community, Cologne [Calendar and litany contain numerous Franciscan saints, including the Translation of St. Francis, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Clara, and the Birth of St. Francis]; Germany [rubric on fol. 257r in German]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 1128, Gruel bookplate inside upper board]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Germany, Cologne (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 4 5/16 x W: 3 1/16 in. (10.9 x 7.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.41.binding

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Parent Object

Cologne Psalter-Hours

German