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Johannes von Valkenburg

The Ascension of St. Dominic in a Historiated Initial "G" from a Gradual

1325/50
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, and gothic miniscule script inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on vellum
9.6 × 9 cm (3.8 × 3.5 in)

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