Leaf from Breuissima Sententia Psalterii
maker
Unknown
Date15th century
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumInk and colors on parchment
Dimensions34.5 x 23.8 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010590
eMuseum ID716648
Other NumberRicci 12
Previous Number7.2.22
Other Number7.2.22.x
EmbARK ObjectID22527
TMS Source ID8119
Last Updated8/14/24
Description1 f only (34 x 24 cm), f55 of the volumeStatus
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesWilliam Gibbon Medlicott with the assistance of Frederic Beecher Perkins. Catalogue of a Collection of Books Formed by William G. Medlicott of Longmeadow, Mass (Boston, 1878), pp. 119-20, lot 1139. (as “Inserted is a fragment consisting of 1 leaf of a MS. of a "Speculum Humanae Salvationis" found in a library in the Bishopric of Keulen”
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 63.
Seymour De Ricci with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, I (New York, 1935-40), p. 932, no. 12.
J. R. Hall. "William G. Medlicott (1816-1883): An American Book Collector and His Collection." Harvard Library Bulletin 1 (1990), pp.13-46, pp. 23 and 25.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di Storia della Miniatura 16 (2012), 81-94, p. 91.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 63.
Seymour De Ricci with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, I (New York, 1935-40), p. 932, no. 12.
J. R. Hall. "William G. Medlicott (1816-1883): An American Book Collector and His Collection." Harvard Library Bulletin 1 (1990), pp.13-46, pp. 23 and 25.
Anne-Marie Eze. "Italian Illuminated Manuscripts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Rivista di Storia della Miniatura 16 (2012), 81-94, p. 91.
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have been from a manuscript "found in a library in the Bishopric of Keulen" (Cologne, Germany).
Collection of William Gibbons Medlicott (1816-1883), wool merchant, Longmeadow, Massachusetts around 1861-1878.
Purchased by Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts from the Medlicott sale on 23 August and 7 September 1878, lot 1139.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton for $500 in 1904.
Collection of William Gibbons Medlicott (1816-1883), wool merchant, Longmeadow, Massachusetts around 1861-1878.
Purchased by Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, Cambridge, Massachusetts from the Medlicott sale on 23 August and 7 September 1878, lot 1139.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton for $500 in 1904.
Scuola del Santissimo Sacramento di San Geminiano
1504-1799
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