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Manuscript Leaf from the Beauvais Missal

1285

French 13th Century

Associated Names

French 13th Century

Artist

This is a drawing of a decorated manuscript page. It contains Latin text written in neat black gothic script with red highlights. Each column of text is framed by elaborately decorated initials with spiraling foliage and small creatures. The page features intricate marginalia, including birds and mythical figures in blue, red, and gold colors. Musical notations at the top suggest it may be part of a liturgical text.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and ink with gouache and gold on vellum
Credit Line

Gift of Stanley and Wilhelmina Jashemski in honor of her parents, Professor Howard C. Feemster and Emma L. Feemster
Dimensions

sheet: 28.7 x 19.9 cm (11 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

2009.87.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stanley and Wilhelmina Jashemski, Silver Spring, MD; bequeathed to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Jashemski, Wilhelmina F.

Wikidata ID

Q64570757

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