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

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
Not on View
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.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.

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