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The Adoration of the Magi in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choirbook

1375/1425
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in black and red ink, on parchment
19.2 × 16 cm (7.6 × 6.3 in)

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