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Source Description
Emblem books were a popular source of amusement during the late medieval period. They offered mysterious images whose meaning had to be puzzled out through a combination of contemplating the illustration and reading the accompanying text. These emblems offered a moral to be pondered, and often the message was related to love. Here, a blindfolded man precariously teeters at the top of a cliff and, unaware of the danger, takes a step forward. The moral: love is blind.
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Document identity
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77559
label
Love is Blind
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object
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Source metadata
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77559
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object
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normalized
title
Love is Blind
description
Emblem books were a popular source of amusement during the late medieval period. They offered mysterious images whose meaning had to be puzzled out through a combination of contemplating the illustration and reading the accompanying text. These emblems offered a moral to be pondered, and often the message was related to love. Here, a blindfolded man precariously teeters at the top of a cliff and, unaware of the danger, takes a step forward. The moral: love is blind.
provenance
Olschki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1570 (High Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.2
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (23.2 x 17 cm)
Source extras
med
parchment and paper with tempera
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7540
6200
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MSS
exhibition_ids
2829
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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