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Master of Jacques de Besançon

The Stoning of Saint Stephen in a Historiated Initial "A" or "C" from a Gradual

c. 1500
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in black, ruled in red, on parchment
13 × 13.5 cm (5.1 × 5.3 in)

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