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Source Description
The artist has populated the busy margins of this page with an array of entertaining figures. In the top margin, two bizarre creatures, half-man and half-beast, joust for our amusement. Jousting was an honorable and dangerous sport, but here the artist disregards these serious aspects in favor of a lighthearted parody. In the side margin, a juggler performs tricks, sending a golden plate high into the air and preparing to catch it again with his sticks.
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Document identity
localId
81317
label
Jousting and Juggling
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
81317
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object
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normalized
title
Jousting and Juggling
description
The artist has populated the busy margins of this page with an array of entertaining figures. In the top margin, two bizarre creatures, half-man and half-beast, joust for our amusement. Jousting was an honorable and dangerous sport, but here the artist disregards these serious aspects in favor of a lighthearted parody. In the side margin, a juggler performs tricks, sending a golden plate high into the air and preparing to catch it again with his sticks.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1300-1325
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.5
height
12.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/8 x W: 5 1/16 in. (17.5 x 12.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
parchment with ink, paint and gold
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6229
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MSS
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2829
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8988018216e7efc2
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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155e735c0319a711
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no
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no