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(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Binding
(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Binding

binder
Date12th century - 13th century
MediumPigskin with brass mountings
Dimensions50.8 x 38.1 x 7.6 cm (20 x 15 x 3 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU30s1
eMuseum ID730652
Original Numbernone, on M30s40 (I&N)
EmbARK ObjectID12885
Previous Number1M30s40
TMS Source ID1935
Last Updated11/13/24
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. 268.  
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 42 (16 Jun. 1963), p. 2.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collection of Emile Peyre (1828–1904), Paris on 15 November 1899 for 2500 francs.