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Document identity
localId
88843
label
Decorated initial ""E"" (Ea tempestate)
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
88843
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Decorated initial ""E"" (Ea tempestate)
provenance
Cistercian abbey of Himmerode (in the diocese of Trier throughout the medieval period until 1802-1803) [thirteenth-century (?) inscription in top margin of fol. 1r reading ""Liber fratrem monachorum sancte marie in hemenrode ordinis cisterciensis"" with shelf mark B.viii in lower margin; fols. 71v and 139r with same inscription in a second, fourteenth-century(?) hand, reading ""Liber monachorum Sancte Marie in himerode ordinis cisterciensis trevirensis dioces""]; Josef von Görres collection, Germany, 1802/3-1902 [nineteenth-century library number N.93 in top margin of fol. 1r]; Görres collection sale, Munich, 1902, Catal.libr.mss. lot 60, p. 12 ; Léon Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, 1902-1903 (bookplate no. 125); Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 9, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Romanesque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32
height
22.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 13/16 in. (32 x 22.4 cm)
Source extras
med
medium-weight parchment, unevenly finished with hair sides often darker and rougher; heavy wear visible to the lower corners
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31585
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MED
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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