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Document identity
localId
3060
label
Sign of the zodiac: Leo
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3060
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sign of the zodiac: Leo
provenance
Made for an abbey in southern Germany, probably the Benedictine house of SS. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg [Ulrich and Afra appear in the calendar and are depicted on fol. 131v; thirteenth-century note in German, top of fol. 2r]; Bénigne-Charles Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [bookplate originally on front pastedown, no longer extant]; Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Zeisberg sale, Wernigerode, October 10, 1854, no. 37 [no. Za51 on spine]; G. Schar [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [G. Schar 20 on fol. 1r]; Léon Gruel collection, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.8
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 x W: 5 7/8 in. (22.8 x 15 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on velvety parchment of medium thickness, well prepared but very worn from use
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6211
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MED
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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f62d95b5a1969622