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Bible

Date:: ca.1250
Geography:: Made in Paris, France
Culture:: French
Medium:: Tempera and gold on parchment; leather binding
Dimensions:: Overall (closed): 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm)
Classification:: Manuscripts & Illuminations
Credit Line:: Museum Accession
Accession Number:: X.418

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: "From Cardinal Fesch's collection." "Ex Bibliotheca Nigconensi Ordinis Minimorum." Book flyend: "Met Harrison says Oct. 1944: French. 13th cent., owned by Franciscan monastery of Pausy [Passy?], near Paris."
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