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Psalmorum Libre (in Greek)
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Psalmorum Libre (in Greek)

Date1584
Dimensions3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.
ClassificationBooks
Object number
1925.4
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Label TextThe Gascon style book binding, known as "pointillé," is the name associated with a luxurious decoration introduced in France in the early seventeenth century. Characteristics include interlaced bands, enclosing geometrical compartments, combined with elaborate lines and curves. The identity of the actual binder for this tiny book is not known.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Art of the Bible, The Bible as Art, Hitchcock Gallery, Nov, 2001-Jan. 2002.
La Institutione de una Fanciulla Nata Nobilmente
Plantin Press, Antwerp [First book printed by Christopher Plantin], Flemish
1555
Leaf from Hebrew Old Testament
Christopher Plantin
1584
Sheet from the Louvain Bible
Christopher Plantin
1565
Hadriani Junii Medici Emblemata
Christophe Plantin
1635

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