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Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

1394/95
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment
23.5 × 19.2 cm (9.3 × 7.6 in)

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