Miniature Manuscript Used as a Pendant

Miniature Manuscript Used as a Pendant

Jewelry
Giulio Romano (Italian probably 1499-1546) Artist
High Renaissance
Manuscripts & Rare Books

Small manuscript used as a pendant for a bracelet.

Jacobus Romanus (Italian 1515-1560) (Scribe)

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The Walters Art Museum

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Bracelet
Style of Giulio Romano

Physical Item

Museum Number WM: W.444
AOB 3: 4-26-2012

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ca. 1550

13/16 in x 11/16 in (2 cm x 1 4/5 cm)

1 Folio or Miniature Manuscript (13/16 in x 11/16 in)

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector's Study;
The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

gold (metal)
vellum (parchment)
cloisonne
ruby (mineral)

Rome, Italy

Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1895 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1895

World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972. Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
The Art of Fine Binding in the Renaissance. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993.
Covered in Meaning: Book Bindings from The Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997-1998.
The Closed Book: Seven Short Stories. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002.
The Closed Book: Seven Short Stories. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2005.
Shrunken Treasures: Miniaturization in Books and Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009.