Binding from Peter of Poitiers' Historical genealogy of Christ
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Binding is non-original. Nineteenth-century; cream-colored parchment binding by Robert Riviere; spine inscribed in gold with "STEMMA JESU CHRISTI"
Provenance
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Made in England, early thirteenth century; William Salloch, Ossining, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, 1981; Walters Art Museum, 1981, by purchase [Catalog 375, no. 43].
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 9/16 × W: 9 5/8 in. (34.4 × 24.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1981
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.796.binding