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The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

1345/48
Tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in light brown ink, rubrics in red ink, and ruled in light brown ink, on parchment
6 × 8 cm (2.4 × 3.1 in)

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