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Flemish (Tournai) or Southern England

Abraham Drawing the Children of Israel to His Breast, and Christ with Kneeling Monks, from an Antiphonary

1330/40
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf decorations, and gothic liturgical hand inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment
32.7 × 21.2 cm (12.9 × 8.3 in)

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