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Two Saints and Two Bishops in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choir Book

1335/1400
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in brownish-black ink, ruled in red ink, verso, on vellum
15.1 × 14.9 cm (5.9 × 5.9 in)

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