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Walters Ex Libris
This extraordinary collection chronicles the art of the book over more than 1,000 years. The collection is from all over the world, and from ancient to modern times.
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Walters Ex Libris
Abstract
This Gospel Book from the late tenth century has been attributed to the Benedictine Abbey of Fleury in the commune of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France. Carolingian influence is visible in both ...
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Walters Ex Libris
Bibliography
De Ricci, S., and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 840, cat. no. 477.
Munby,...
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Walters Ex Libris
Abstract
This small Gospel Book was made in Werden, Germany, in the eleventh century. Its size indicates that it was intended for daily, personal use, and a series of ownership inscriptions on the fir...
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Walters Ex Libris
Binding Description
Rebound in the nineteenth century (ca. 1835 according to de Ricci) with reddish brown morocco; blind-tooled and stamped with gold; upper and lower boards include gilded bands of fe...
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Walters Ex Libris
Bibliography
De Ricci, S., and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 770, cat. no. 86.
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