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Two Marys Discover the Empty Tomb in a Historiated Initial “M”

1475/99
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, and pen and black ink, on parchment, with gothica textura inscriptions in black ink, verso
11.5 × 9.7 cm (4.5 × 3.8 in)

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