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Document identity
localId
10173
label
David kneeling in prayer at altar below hand of God
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10173
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
David kneeling in prayer at altar below hand of God
provenance
Made in East Anglia, England, mid-13th century; Carrow Priory, Norwich, 15th century [recorded in a 14th or 15th century inscription on fol. 1r]; John Baptist, 3rd Lord Caryll (1716-1780) [his bookplate recorded in 1902, but is no longer extant] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; George Galway Mills, before 1800 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Mills Sale, London, February 24, 1800; Reverend David T. Powell, first half 19th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; Powell Sale, London, July 31, 1848; 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878) [Appendix no. XXXIII, his bookplate] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Yates Thompson, 1899 [his bookplate] [mode of acquisition unknown]; Yates Thompson Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 23 March 1920, [no. 34]; Quaritch, 1920, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1250 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.7
height
17.6
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 9 3/4 × W: 6 15/16 in. (24.7 × 17.6 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
ink and pigments on medium-weight cream-colored parchment; slightly heavier-weight parchment used for full-page miniatures
creator_ids
6197
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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