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Source Description
These decorated initials were painted by an artist called Gottschalk of Lambach.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
88686
label
Decorated initials
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
88686
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Decorated initials
description
These decorated initials were painted by an artist called Gottschalk of Lambach.
provenance
Benedictine abbey of Melk or Seitenstetten [patron saints of Melk - Peter and Paul, and Cholomannus (fol. 212r), liturgy for use in Melk diocese] [made for the abbey]; [textual additions and corrections in 13th-15th century hands]; [rear pastedown is 15th-century breviary folio]; Seitenstetten Stiftsbibliothek, 1913 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ms. 127, described in 1913 Swarzenski publication]; Jacques Rosenthal [bookplate on inside of upper binding] [cat. 90, 1928 no. 167]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.8
height
15.8
dimensionsRaw
10 15/16 x 6 1/4 in. (27.8 x 15.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored parchment of medium thickness
creator_ids
6521
8500
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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a2eb08021c31ea13