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Foliate Initial "H" (Here in Dynre) with Beast-legged Bishop in Margin

Geert Grote (1340-1384) (Author)
2nd half 15th century
ink and pigments on highly finished, thin to medium weight cream-colored parchment
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

Provenance
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[Created in the fifteenth century, Haarlem, Netherlands]; Marshall C. Lefferts [ex-libris on inside corner, upper board],1901 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lefferts Sale, 1901; George H. Richmond, 1901 [purchased from Lefferts Sale, 1901]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Netherlands (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 7 1/2 × W: 5 3/16 in. (19.1 × 13.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.192.105R

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Book of Hours in Dutch

Geert Grote (1340-1384)
2nd half 15th century
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