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Text Leaf from a Book of Hours

c. 1430
Manuscript cutting with decorations in tempera and gold leaf, and gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, recto and verso, on parchment
22.8 × 16.1 cm (9 × 6.3 in)

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