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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
[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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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.111.binding