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Manuscript Illumination

Date:: mid-13th century
Culture:: German
Medium:: Tempera, ink, gold, and silver on parchment
Dimensions:: Overall (folio): 6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (16.1 x 11.9 cm) Illumination: 5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14.5 x 10.5 cm) Mat: 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification:: Manuscripts & Illuminations
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1925
Accession Number:: 25.204.2

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Provenance

Fritz Steinmeyer, Lucerne (1921) (?); vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt, Paris (sold 1923); Robert Lehman, New York (1923–1925)
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