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Angel Playing an Instrument in a Decorated Initial "R" with Flora, Fauna and Grotesque, from an Antiphonal

n.d.
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in black and red ink, ruled in light brown, and with a separate cutting in tempera cut-and-tipped into the decorated letter, on parchment
66.2 × 46.5 cm (26.1 × 18.3 in)

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