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The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "A" from an Antiphonary

15th century
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment, with gothica textura inscriptions in brownish-black ink, ruled in red, verso
15.8 × 13.4 cm (6.2 × 5.3 in)

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