Book cover, ca. 1610–20
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1610–20
Book Cover in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 37.125), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it ca. 1610–20. The museum records the medium as Silver, lined with black velvet, containing a contemporary psalter and the dimensions as H. 3 7/16 x W. 2 3/4 in. (8.7 x 7.0 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Sphinx, Monkeys, Adoration of the Shepherds, Annunciation. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver, lined with black velvet, containing a contemporary psalter
- Dimensions
- H. 3 7/16 x W. 2 3/4 in. (8.7 x 7.0 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Identification
- Met object id
- 198007
- Museum object name
- Book Cover
- Museum object number
- 37.125
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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