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Canterbury Ritual

author Unknown

Date1474

Place MadeEngland, Europe

MediumInk on vellum and paper

Dimensions19.1 x 15.6 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number2.a.3.9

eMuseum ID727537

Previous Number8F27e42-s

EmbARK ObjectID12520

TMS Source ID1623

Last Updated8/14/24

Description1 vol. (110 leaves) : vellum and paper : ill. ; 19.05 cm

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 14.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 62.
Seymour de Ricci and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. (New York, 1935), p. 931, no. 2.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts, no. 42809, accessed 4 November 2016.

MarksNotesAffixed: bookplate of Emma Cunliffe [dated about 1860]
Affixed (to f.70a): Woodcut of The Dead Christ, dated 1537
Affixed (to f.70b): Woodcut of The Crucifixion

ProvenanceNotesCollection of an Emma Cunliffe, about 1860.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.