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    "localId": "147718",
    "label": "Almond-Shaped Seal: Coronation of the Virgin with a Kneeling Monk",
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    "id": "147718",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Almond-Shaped Seal: Coronation of the Virgin with a Kneeling Monk",
    "description": "These seals were once used in monasteries as molds for making wax impressions that were routinely pressed onto letters, charters, and other documents as proof of authenticity.",
    "date": "1300–1400",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.11",
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    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.11/1974.11_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England or Germany, Gothic period, 14th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1974.11"
}

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    "tec": "gilded bronze",
    "tombstone": "Almond-Shaped Seal: Coronation of the Virgin with a Kneeling Monk, 1300–1400. England or Germany, Gothic period, 14th century. Gilded bronze; diameter: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Herbert F. Leisy in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, 1974.11",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "Latin inscription from Proverbs 1:8: AUDI, FILI MI, DISCIPLINAM PATRIS TUI. ET NE DIMITTAS LEGE MATRIS TUI."
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Milliken, William Mathewson. “Gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 371–383.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 382",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152561"
        }
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    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.11",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Herbert F. Leisy in honor of William Mathewson Milliken",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:34:40.744000",
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    "dept": "Medieval Art",
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