Details
| Artist | French |
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| Title |
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| Date | 14th century |
| Medium | tempera on parchment, backed on (?) |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 1/8 inches (16.2 × 10.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. John S. Newberry |
| Accession Number | 25.29 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, on scroll: Domino meo imo patri conjugi meo imo fratri ancilla sua imo filia ipsius auxor imo soror Abaelardo, Heloise |
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Provenance
Georges Spetz, Alsace, France;
his sale, "Highly Interesting and Valuable....," American Art Association, 16 January 1925;
Brummer Gallery (dealer), New York;
purchased for the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) by Mrs. John S. Newberry, Grosse Pointe Farms
his sale, "Highly Interesting and Valuable....," American Art Association, 16 January 1925;
Brummer Gallery (dealer), New York;
purchased for the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) by Mrs. John S. Newberry, Grosse Pointe Farms
Published References
DeRicci, S. and Wilson, W.J. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1937, vol. 2, p. 1133.
Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 7 (1925): pp. 76-77.
Kurz, O. Fakes. New Haven, 1948, p. 89, pl. 16 (as fake).
Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 7 (1925): pp. 76-77.
Kurz, O. Fakes. New Haven, 1948, p. 89, pl. 16 (as fake).