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Source Description
This earlier binding was removed, preserved, and is housed separately from the manuscript. Decorated with red and yellow brocade, it was made by Gruel (probably after 1906) to replace a leather binding with a clasp and a pastedown from a thirteenth-century Gospel.
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Document identity
localId
88764
label
Binding from On Christian rulers
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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88764
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object
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normalized
title
Binding from On Christian rulers
description
This earlier binding was removed, preserved, and is housed separately from the manuscript. Decorated with red and yellow brocade, it was made by Gruel (probably after 1906) to replace a leather binding with a clasp and a pastedown from a thirteenth-century Gospel.
provenance
[Fol. 117 (originally rear pastedown) has 13th century office of Matins for Saint Catherine (with neumes)]; Gustav Ritter von Emmich; Gustav Ritter von Emmich Sale, Vienna, March 15, 1906, no. I, pl. VIII; Gruel and Engelmann Collection [no. 609]; Leon Gruel, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 20th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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bindings
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.1
height
10.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 3/4 x W: 4 1/4 in. (17.1 x 10.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
wooden boards covered with fabric
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104
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MSS
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9aab7a0a5a9e1a2b
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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29bfad8e7a831c84
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no
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no