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Bible

Date:: printing 1477, binding 1478
Geography:: Made in Nuremberg, Germany
Culture:: German
Medium:: Binding: leather (stamped & tooled) with engraved brass fittings, ink printed on paper, 1st folio hand colored in tempera, metal leaf, and shell gold
Dimensions:: Overall: 16 1/4 x 12 x 4 7/8 in. (41.3 x 30.5 x 12.4 cm)
Classification:: Leatherwork
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number:: 24.142.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 307

Provenance

William Morris (British, Walthamstow, London 1834–1896 Hammersmith, London), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, England; Henry Yates Thompson, London (sold 1924)
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Ink (28,327)

Paper (23,968)

Books (17,777)

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Shell (1,359)

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Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)

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Nuremberg (320)
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A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
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Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.

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