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Source Description
Binding is non-original. New binding made of alum-processed pigskin and quarter-sawn oak boards by Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1986; previous binding probably by Leon Gruel, early 20th century, constructed of five recessed cords laced into heavy millboards covered in red silk; manuscript rebound two or three times since the twelfth century.
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Document identity
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87507
label
Binding for Rochester New Testament
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object
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Source metadata
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87507
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object
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title
Binding for Rochester New Testament
description
Binding is non-original. New binding made of alum-processed pigskin and quarter-sawn oak boards by Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1986; previous binding probably by Leon Gruel, early 20th century, constructed of five recessed cords laced into heavy millboards covered in red silk; manuscript rebound two or three times since the twelfth century.
provenance
Priory scriptorium of Rochester Cathedral, England, 12th century [possible reference in catalog in Textus Roffensis, Rochester Cathedral Library Ms. A.3.5, fol. 230r; more certain reference in 1202 library catalog in British Library Ms. Royal 5 B.XII, fol. 2r]; Leon Gruel, Paris, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown, no. 1138]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1986 (Medieval)
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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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cm
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38.5
height
28.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/16 x W: 11 1/8 in. (38.5 x 28.3 cm)
Source extras
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English
style
Romanesque
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new binding made of alum-processed pigskin and quarter-sawn oak boards [by Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1986]
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Page inventory
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1
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160c126c31c63565
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2
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photo
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