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Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 2), No. 30
Simmons School of Library and Information Science (Boston, Massachusetts) LIS 464 (Fall 2017) observations (Printed, Handwritten, or Typescript)
Original Condition
Page Height 180 – 185 mm
Page Width 125 – 130 mm
Height of Written Area 90 mm
Width of Written Area 60 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14
History
Provenance
Offered by Bernard Quaritch cat. 240 (1905), no. 230 and cat. 290 (1910), no. 253; Sold by Quaritch to C. L. Ricketts in 1922; C. L. Ricketts, in S. de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada I: 634, no. 116; Sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries, 23 February 1939, lot 217; Dismembered by Otto Ege or an associate; Leaves used as No. 30 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolio; Acquired by The Ohio State University at unknown date.
Bibliography
De Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, New York: ACLS, 1935-1937, sI:634, no. 116.
Quaritch 1905 Catalogue (lot 230).
Parke-Bernet 1939 Catalogue, p. 216.