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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms

Noël Bellemare

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a medieval manuscript page with a border of flowers and leaves. The border features green leaves, pink flowers with green stems and leaves, blue flowers with yellow centers, and pink buds. The border is on a beige background with rough, uneven edges. Inside the border is a white rectangle containing black, red, and blue text in a language that appears to be Latin. The text is arranged in paragraphs with some words or letters larger than others. The large blue "D" has a yellow and red design inside it. The page has a beige background. The text and artwork are from a Book of Hours, specifically the Penitential Psalms by Noël Bellemare.

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533 × 900 px
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