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Title
Missal box
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1490 (Approximate)
Place: Paris?
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. French 1490
Genres
missal boxes
Boxes
bindings (gathered matter components)
Notes
Content: Wrought iron over wood; with lock and with rings to hold a carrying strap.
Biographical/historical: Cofferets or caskets of this type are known to have been used as dispatch or book boxes. For discussion and for pictures of two similar iron boxes, cf. Kup, K. Notes on a fifteenth-century cofferet. (In: The Connoisseur. London. v. 140 (1957) p. 62-66)
Physical Description
Extent: 17 x 10 x 9 cm in case 19 cm
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 131727291
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16833124
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.BEL38
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 46ffc920-d92e-013a-8bce-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1490: Issued
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Missal box" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1490. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e345840-d93b-013a-76cb-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Missal box" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e345840-d93b-013a-76cb-0242ac110003

APA Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1490). Missal box Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e345840-d93b-013a-76cb-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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Missal box