Leaf from Alphabet Book: Initial X
The medieval alphabet is illuminated in two different styles. Without any accompanying text, the original purpose of the book remains unclear, but scholars have suggested that it was a sample or model book for manuscript illuminators, or that it was intended as a gift. The boo...
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Léon Gruel, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century [1]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1895-1900; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Gruel and Engelmann bookplate inscribed ""No. 1183""; ""1183"" on flyleaf iv
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en
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