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Document identity
localId
24906
label
Decorated Text Page
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
24906
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Decorated Text Page
provenance
Written in the Monastery of Corvey on the Weser River in Germany ca. 940-975, during the reign of Otto I [based on style and paleography]; [Originally part of a Gospel Book belonging to the Chapter Library of the Cathedral of Rheims until the French Revolution, now Ms. 10 in the Rheims Municipal Library]; Sir Thomas Phillips, London, ca. 1855 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Ms. 14122, noted on bottom of fol. 1r]; A. Chester Beatty, December 1920, acquired privately from Phillips collection; Walters Art Museum, October 1952, by purchase [from Mrs. Chester Beatty through Maggs Brothers].
date
ca. 950-975 (Ottonian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.2
height
24.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 5/16 x W: 9 1/2 in. (31.2 x 24.2 cm)
Source extras
style
Ottonian
med
ink and pigments on thick parchment, with suede surface on flesh side
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
52f83bc49f9d8848