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Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

15th or early 16th century
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in gothic in red ink, on vellum
13.9 × 31.8 cm (5.5 × 12.5 in)

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