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The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

A work made of tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in light brown ink, rubrics in red ink, and ruled in light brown ink, on parchment.
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  • A work made of tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in light brown ink, rubrics in red ink, and ruled in light brown ink, on parchment.

Date:

1345/48

Artist:

English (Cambridge)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

The Marriage of Hosea and Gomer in a Historiated Initial "V" from a Bible

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1345–1348

Medium

Tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in light brown ink, rubrics in red ink, and ruled in light brown ink, on parchment

Dimensions

Initial: 6 × 8 cm (2 3/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 31 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel P. Avery Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1931.25

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