Peacock, Birds, Flowers, Fruit and a Snail in a Decorated Border, with an Illuminated Initial "U" from a Choir Book

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Peacock, Birds, Flowers, Fruit and a Snail in a Decorated Border, with an Illuminated Initial "U" from a Choir Book

Place

Europe (Artist's nationality:)

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1300–1500

Medium

Manuscript cutting in tempera, with some incising, and gold leaf, and with Latin inscriptions in brownish-black ink, ruled in light brown ink, on vellum

Dimensions

31.8 × 12.3 cm (12 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1926.1573k

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