Binding from Franciscan Liturgical Psalter
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )
This binding is not orginal to its manuscript, but rather it was created and added to the manuscript in the 16th century in Flanders.
Provenance
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[Made for Franciscan use in Cologne, late thirteenth century, Ripuarisch dialect points to Cologne region]; Augustinian nuns of St. Cecilia, Cologne, late 15th or 16th century; Susanna Koull, 17th century; L.S. Olschki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, by purchase [L.S. Olschiki, no. 24][date of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany
(Place of Origin)
Flanders (Place of Binding)
Measurements
H: 5 1/16 × W: 3 13/16 in. (12.9 × 9.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.111.binding