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German or Southern Netherlandish

Illuminated Initial "A" from a Psalter or Breviary

c. 1450s
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in brown and red ink, unruled, on vellum
13.7 × 9.6 cm (5.4 × 3.8 in)

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