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The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book

c. 1390
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment, with gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, verso
8.7 × 9 cm (3.4 × 3.5 in)

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