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Bifolia from a Vita Sanctorum, or Lives of the Saints

c. 1150
Manuscript cutting with tempera decorations and gothica textualis primitiva inscriptions in brownish-black ink, on parchment
32.5 × 22.4 cm (12.8 × 8.8 in)

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