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Illustration from Sextus decretalium liber by Bonifce VIII, plate 84 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

1514, assembled into portfolio 1937
Woodcut on paper
5.3 × 6.4 cm (2.1 × 2.5 in)

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