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Source Description
This alphabet book, a repository of foliate patterns and letter designs, may have served as a pattern book used by a scribe to demonstrate his skills or to delight a collector interested in illumination or script. The carefully rendered flora and fauna, such as the iris and butterfly that embellish the letter L and the blue-flowered delphinium found in the illuminated M on the facing page, recall the precision of the flora depicted in contemporary herbal works.
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Document identity
localId
77598
label
Illuminated Initial L
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
77598
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Initial L
description
This alphabet book, a repository of foliate patterns and letter designs, may have served as a pattern book used by a scribe to demonstrate his skills or to delight a collector interested in illumination or script. The carefully rendered flora and fauna, such as the iris and butterfly that embellish the letter L and the blue-flowered delphinium found in the illuminated M on the facing page, recall the precision of the flora depicted in contemporary herbal works.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11
height
7.5
dimensionsRaw
folio: 4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in. (11 x 7.5 cm);initial: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6 x 6 cm) approx.
Source extras
med
ink and paint on parchment
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6229
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MSS
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93
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3171
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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106230633111f129
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
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06dbb1c9fa23ef6f
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no
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no