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Document identity
localId
6215
label
Initial Q with Man Battling a Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6215
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Initial Q with Man Battling a Dragon
provenance
Created for Augustinian or Premonstratensian use (?), likely Rheinland, late 12th or early 13th century. Leander van Ess, Darmstadt, after 1800. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps [1792-1872], 1824 [1]; Phillipps' Sale, London, either 1911, no. 868, or 1913, no. 1021. Léon Gruel, Paris [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] fol. 1r - rampant lion stamp and inscription: ""Sir T.P./Middle Hill 441""[2] no. 924 on front pastedown
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.3
height
13.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 3/8 x W: 5 7/16 in. (21.3 x 13.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink, paint, gold and silver on parchment
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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65c7a0531a1ad2a7