Figure with Scythe, Illuminated Initials "KL" or "BV" recto, and Fish with Lobster Claws, verso, from a Psalter or Book of Hours

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Anonymous Benedictine Monk/Scribe

Title

Figure with Scythe, Illuminated Initials "KL" or "BV" recto, and Fish with Lobster Claws, verso, from a Psalter or Book of Hours

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1275–1325

Medium

Manuscript cutting with decorations in tempera and gold leaf, and with inscriptions in dark brown, red and blue ink, ruled in dark brown ink, on vellum

Dimensions

10.2 × 6.5 cm (4 1/16 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Reference Number

2003.517

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