Morgan Library Faces Claim of a Stolen Work in Its Collection

April 29th, 2019

An Italian prosecutor is claiming that an 11th-century missal in the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York was stolen in 1925 from a parish church in the Italian town of Apiro, Art Newspaper reports. “Written proof of the legitimate change of ownership of the missal to [owner William S.] Glazier by the seller is missing, and the seller in turns claims to have purchased it in Switzerland (without written documentation in this regard).”

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