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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Saint Michael Weighing Souls
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Saint Michael Weighing Souls

illuminator
Date14th century
Place MadeBologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
MediumInk and pigment on vellum
Dimensions12.4 x 11.4 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27w38
eMuseum ID729248
Original NumberP27w38-s
EmbARK ObjectID12647
TMS Source ID1716
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 242.
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. 6.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston." Rivista di storia della miniatura 16 (2012), pp. 91, 94.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 25 September 1906 for 150 lire. (as part of a set with museum nos. P27w35 and P27w37)