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Document identity
localId
12199
label
Initial C with Bust of Isaiah
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
12199
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Initial C with Bust of Isaiah
provenance
Created for Augustinian or Premonstratensian use (?), likely Rheinland, late 12th or early 13th century. Leander van Ess, Darmstadt, after 1800. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps [1792-1872], 1824 [1]; Phillipps' Sale, London, either 1911, no. 868, or 1913, no. 1021. Léon Gruel, Paris [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] fol. 1r - rampant lion stamp and inscription: ""Sir T.P./Middle Hill 441""[2] no. 924 on front pastedown
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.3
height
13.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 3/8 x W: 5 7/16 in. (21.3 x 13.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink, paint and gold on parchment
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
96
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
46eebe34b8bddb64