Leather Casket in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Title: Coffret

Date: 15th century

Culture: French

Medium: Leather, (stamped and tooled) with polychromy

Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (21.2 x 34.6 x 19.7 cm)

Classification: Leatherwork

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926

Accession Number: 26.284.1

Signatures, Inscriptions, and MarkingsInscriptions: Inscription in Gothic lettering: "AVE MARIA G--CIA -LEN DOMINVS TEC(um)." ("Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord be with you.")

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