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Title: Leaf from a psalter or book of hours (Psalm 26)
Artist: Artist Unknown, England or France
Physical Description: This manuscript leaf contains a single column of text in Latin surrounded by generous margins on three sides. Pen-flourished initials elaborated with delicate penwork, colored red and blue alternating with gold and purple, mark the beginning of each verse along the left edge of the text column. Five line-fillers, long linear elements colored blue and gold, complete the closing line of each verse and preserve the regular shape of the text block.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1400-1450
Accession Number: 1965/2.81
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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Title: Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence
Artist: Ludovico de Gaci
Physical Description: This leaf from a manuscript contains seven lines of Latin text with musical notation. The initial letter, "C," of the opening word "Confessio" is made from a curved vegetal form. The text is preceded by a painted miniature in a circular frame that is, in turn, enclosed by a golden square. The miniature depicts a man with a tonsure and a golden halo standing in a verdant landscape. He holds a palm leaf in his left hand and rests his right hand on a grill. The left and upper margins of the page are decorated with green and pink leaves and flowers and small gold circles.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1489
Accession Number: 1986/2.85
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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Title: Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
Artist: Artist Unknown, France
Physical Description: Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
Century: 13th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1290
Accession Number: 1993/2.10
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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Title: Leaf from a Book of Hours
Artist: Artist Unknown, France
Physical Description: This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 1400-1425
Accession Number: 1993/2.9
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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Title: Leaf from a Glossed Bible (Pauline Letter with Commentary; Epistle to the Thessalonians)
Artist: Anonymous French
Artist Life Dates: ()
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1175-1200
Accession Number: 1986/2.86
Medium and Support: ink, tempera and gold on parchment
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