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    "localId": "21780",
    "label": "Initial D (Dixit dominus)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.10.88V"
}

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    "id": "21780",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.10.88V",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Initial D (Dixit dominus)",
    "provenance": "Abbey of Helmarshausen, made for Matilda, duchess of Saxony [depicted on fol. 6v], eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor [St. Modoaldus, Bishop of Trier, in calendar in gold and in litany; Relics moved to Helmarshausen in 1107; St. Meinmulf, Bishop of Paderborn, founder of Helmarshausen abbey]; Petrus Grillinger, Chamberlain of the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1430 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on fol. 126v, \"\"Hic liber fuit Domini petri Grillimger Magistri Kamere Curie Salzbu\"\"]; Leon Gruel, prior to 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown] [bookplate of Gruel and Engelmann, no. 136]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 9, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 12th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.10.88V",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11.3,
            "height": 6.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 7/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (11.3 x 6.4 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "German; Christian",
    "style": "Romanesque",
    "med": "ink and pigments on well-prepared, medium-weight parchment",
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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}

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