Accession number
MS M.643
Object title
Scenes from the life of Christ and the life of the Blessed Gerard of Villamagna.
Created
Florence, Italy, ca. 1320.
Binding
Formerly in calf with brass bosses (as per 1821 Sotheby's sale catalogue); re-sewn with blue paper interleaving and re-covered in red goatskin for Lord Ashburnham, retaining 14th-century wood boards under covering leather (Ashburnham's number 72 inscribed in ink on the spine); disbound in 1996.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1919.
Description
20 leaves : ill. ; 245 x 176 mm
Provenance
Sale of Saibante and Canonici manuscripts by Abbot Luigi Celotti (London, Sotheby's, Feb. 26, 1821, lot 518) to the Rev. D.T. Powell; his sale (London, Puttick and Simpson, July 31, 1848, lot 853) to Lilly; Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, Ashburham Collection (Appendix, no. 72); Henry Yates Thompson Collection (catalogue, III, p. 45-49, no. 81); his sale (London, Sotheby's, June 3, 1919, lot 12) to Quaritch; purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Quaritch in 1919.
Notes
Ms. picture book; illuminated in Florence, Italy, ca. 1320.
Decoration: 39 miniatures; contains a miniature of David holding a scroll, thirty-three scenes from the life of Christ, and five from the life of Blessed Gerardo Mecatti, who is known as Blessed Gerard of Villamagna.
Artist: Pacino, di Bonaguida and workshop.
Decoration: 39 miniatures; contains a miniature of David holding a scroll, thirty-three scenes from the life of Christ, and five from the life of Blessed Gerardo Mecatti, who is known as Blessed Gerard of Villamagna.
Artist: Pacino, di Bonaguida and workshop.
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