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Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso)

c. 1190 · ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum

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This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).

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Credit lineSingle Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.445

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