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Binding from a Collection of Works by Augustine, Didymus the Blind, and Quodvultdeus

Léon Gruel (French, 1841-1923) (Binder)
late 19th-early 20th century (Medieval)
boards covered with red velvet, silver and gilding
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

This late nineteenth or early twentieth century red velvet binding added by León Gruel, Paris. The cover was embellished by Gruel with an eighteenth-century silver and gilded plaque of Christ, originally from a Serbian flabellum, and which contains a Slavonic inscription. The front and back pastedowns were taken from an early eleventh-century Central Italian Sacramentary. A description of an earlier cover was recorded in the library catalog of the monastery of Saint-André Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in 1640 by Dom Odon de la Mothe, who described it as "postibus copertum et basana alba a parte putrida".

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Created in Champagne, France (?). The monastery of Saint-André de Villeneuve-lés-Avignon, 17th century [1]; Acquired by Bénigne-Charles Févret de St. Mesmin [1739-1792], Dijon [2]. Acquired by Léon Gruel, 19th-20th century, Paris [3]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

[1] ownership inscription added in 17th century in upper margin of fol. 2r: 'Iste liber est monasterii sancti Andree dyocesis auinionensis / .aab. /; and in another slightly later hand, added after 1635: Monasterii Sancti Andreae congregationis S. Mauri: /; in lower margin, added after 1640: 'Catalogus inscriptus', reference to 36-line description of W. 2 in Saint-André library catalogue begun 29 September 1640 by Dom Odon de la Mothe (d. 1643), binding described as 'postibus copertam et basana alba a parte putrida'
[2] facsimile (?) of bookplate of Bénigne-Charles Févret de St. Mesmin (here spelled 'Memin') of Dijon (1739-1792), affixed in all likelihood by Gruel at time of rebinding, 19th/20th century (?)
[3] binding added at this time

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France, Reims (Place of Origin) France, Champagne (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 7 13/16 × W: 6 5/16 in. (19.8 × 16 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters

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Not on view

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W.2.binding

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Collection of Works by Augustine, Didymus the Blind, and Quodvultdeus

Léon Gruel (French, 1841-1923)
2nd half 9th century (Medieval)
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