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Gospel Book with Evangelist Portraits: Decorated Initial

Master of the House-Book

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open, aged book with yellowed pages. The left page has a large decorative initial letter in blue, gold, and red, with intricate designs in the border. The initial letter has a pattern of squares on a blue background with gold accents. The rest of the page contains black text with some red accents. The right page has black text with some red accents. The book appears to be old and worn, with visible signs of aging on the pages. The pages have red decorative borders with dots and lines. The image is likely from a religious text, possibly a Bible or Gospel book. The decorative style and language suggest it is from the medieval period. The text is written in Latin. The image contains the number 172 in the upper right corner.

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618 × 893 px
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