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Saint Peter in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Gradual

15th century
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, and red and blue ink, with gothica textura inscriptions in brownish-black, and ruled in red ink, recto and verso, on parchment
5.3 × 5.3 cm (2.1 × 2.1 in)

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