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Book Cover

Date:: second quarter 14th century
Culture:: French
Medium:: Ivory, champlevé enamel, copper gilt on wood support
Dimensions:: Overall: 10 x 7 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (25.4 x 18.7 x 3.4 cm) ivory only: 6 9/16 x 4 in. (16.7 x 10.1 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.856

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 306

Provenance

Felix Ruhl Essingh ; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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What
Metal (59,364)

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Copper (6,255)

Ivory (5,389)

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Champlevé (329)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
In the Museum
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1000–1400 A.D.

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