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Document identity
localId
22980
label
Decorated Headpiece and Decorated Initial A
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22980
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Decorated Headpiece and Decorated Initial A
provenance
Leon Gruel, Paris, late 19th - early 20th century [date and mode oac acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, MD, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.8
height
15.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 8 9/16 × W: 6 1/8 in. (21.8 × 15.5 cm)
Source extras
style
Byzantine
med
ink and pigments on high quality parchment, light, smooth, and remarkably thin
creator_ids
8611
collection_ids
MSS
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0615a1fb027795a1