Binding for the Mondsee Gospels and Treasure Binding with the Evangelists and Crucifixion

11th or 12th century with later additions and alterations

23 cm 29.6 cm 10.4 cm

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Because of its organic nature and tactile qualities, ivory was sometimes associated with flesh. The luxurious binding of a gospel book, probably originally made in the eleventh or twelfth century but heavily restored in the nineteenth century, contains ivory plaques depicting...

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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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en
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3
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