Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Illuminated Border with Snail, Insect, Bird, Grotesques and Flowers from a Manuscript

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1401–1530

Medium

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in gothic in red ink, on vellum

Dimensions

13.9 × 31.8 cm (5 1/2 × 12 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Field Museum of Natural History Exchange

Reference Number

1919.984

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