The Mondsee Gospels and Treasure Binding with the Evangelists and Crucifixion

11th-12th century with later additions and alterations (Medieval)

23 cm 29.6 cm 10.4 cm

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This eleventh-century Gospel Lectionary was written in a clear Carolingian minuscule in Regensburg, Germany. Its remarkable treasure binding, which is original to the manuscript, is extremely fragile due to the Byzantine or Islamic silk that constitutes the spine; therefore it...

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Jacques Rosenthal [art dealer], Munich, early 20th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1925-1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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