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Source Description
This binding from Walters manuscript W.106 is an early 20th-century binding by Leon Gruel, Paris. It is composed of shaped millboard, covered in worn red velvet, and incorporating a double sided 14th-century Rhenish ivory on the upper cover. The outside upper cover depicts the nativity, the inside cover depicts the crucifixion.
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Document identity
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78387
label
Binding from Oxford Bible Pictures
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Binding from Oxford Bible Pictures
description
This binding from Walters manuscript W.106 is an early 20th-century binding by Leon Gruel, Paris. It is composed of shaped millboard, covered in worn red velvet, and incorporating a double sided 14th-century Rhenish ivory on the upper cover. The outside upper cover depicts the nativity, the inside cover depicts the crucifixion.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Ivory: late 14th century; Binding: early 20th century
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cm
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14
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10.2
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Binding H: 5 1/2 x W: 4 in. (14 x 10.2 cm); Ivory plaque H: 3 1/8 x W: 1 15/16 in. (8 x 5 cm)
Source extras
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shaped millboard, covered in worn red velvet with ivory
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