Illuminated Initial "A," fragment of a manuscript leaf from the Book of Daniel in the Motteley Bible

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Illuminated Initial "A," fragment of a manuscript leaf from the Book of Daniel in the Motteley Bible

Place of OriginEngland

DateLate 12th century

DimensionsH: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm); W: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

MediumVellum.

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1926.111

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Published ReferencesNiver, Charles, Speculum, Vol. X. No. 3, July 1935.

Putney, Richard H., Medieval Art, Medieval People: The Cloister Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2002, p. 39 repr. (col.) fig. 32.

Label TextAlthough this is only a fragment, it is a rather extrordinary example of Romanesque manuscript decoration showing the amazing imagination of the unknown artist.