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Saints Barbara, Catherine, Andrew, John the Baptist, Lawrence and Thomas à Beckett in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Missal or Breviary

1460/70
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in brownish-black and red ink, on parchment
13.2 × 13.4 cm (5.2 × 5.3 in)

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