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Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedech, leaf from a breviary (MS M.1046).

Accession number
MS M.1046
Object title
Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedech, leaf from a breviary (MS M.1046).
Created
Belgium, probably Ghent or Bruges, ca. 1500.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus, 1983.
Description
1 single leaf : vellum, ill. ; 153 x 108 mm.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Percy S. Straus.
Notes
Ms. illuminated leaf from a breviary; written and illuminated in Belgium, probably Ghent or Bruges, ca. 1500.
Decoration: 1 miniature, 1 illuminated border, 1 illuminated initial, 4 filigree initials.
Artist: a follower of the Master of James IV of Scotland.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification