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These small miniatures were likely excised from a miniature book of hours of a size that could easily fit in the palm of one's hand. The scenes are: (from top left) the Nativity, the Visitation, the Annunciation, King David in Penance, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, the Presentation of the Christ-Child in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, the Massacre of the Innocents, the Crucifixion, the Pentecost, and finally, the Coronation of the Virgin.
United States
Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia
John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts
Lewis E M 43:9a
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12 miniatures with Biblical Scenes
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325 x 164 mm
1450
Flanders
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