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    "localId": "17493",
    "label": "The Mondsee Gospels and Treasure Binding with the Evangelists and Crucifixion",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.8"
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    "id": "17493",
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    "contentType": "object",
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    "title": "The Mondsee Gospels and Treasure Binding with the Evangelists and Crucifixion",
    "description": "This eleventh-century Gospel Lectionary was written in a clear Carolingian minuscule in Regensburg, Germany. Its remarkable treasure binding, which is original to the manuscript, is extremely fragile due to the Byzantine or Islamic silk that constitutes the spine; therefore it is not possible to image the entire manuscript. The cover, which alone has been photographed, is a rare survival and a rich example of Ottonian art. Bound in silver, the front cover displays an impressive mastery of filigree, segments of which have been gilded. A variety of textures and substances, including niello bosses in the corners, ivory plaques depicting the four Evangelists, gemstones (now lost), and a golden image of the Crucifixion beneath a polished rock crystal, give the cover an opulence rarely seen in medieval bookbinding. The back cover, necessarily flat to lie on the altar without damaging the decoration, consists of a sheet of hammered and gilded silver, engraved with an image of St. Michael slaying a dragon. This image has traditionally led to an association with the abbey of SS. Peter and Michael in Mondsee, Austria, but its more recent attribution to Othlon, a scribe active in Regensburg, suggests that it is more likely of German manufacture.",
    "provenance": "Jacques Rosenthal [art dealer], Munich, early 20th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1925-1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th-12th century with later additions and alterations (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.8",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "illuminated manuscripts"
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    "imageCount": 4,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 29.6,
            "height": 23,
            "depth": 10.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 5/8 x W: 9 1/16 x D: 4 1/8 in. (29.6 x 23 x 10.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Medieval European",
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