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Document identity
localId
1021
label
Jonah in the mouth of the whale
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
1021
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Jonah in the mouth of the whale
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
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (26.5 x 17 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored parchment of medium thickness
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8500
6521
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
121
3231
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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3a4c6c57cca77194
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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a5653b1a4d19b241
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no
hasDescription
no