Binding from Prayer book
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This binding is not original to the manuscript but rather was added in the 19th century. It is made of red velvet with a yellow and gray-green woven silk ribbon marker anchored under top endband. The two fore-edge ties of yellow silk thread are wrapped with silver.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Measurements
H: 5 1/8 × W: 3 3/4 in. (13 × 9.5 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.432.binding