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Decorated Text Page with a VD Monogram
Unknownprobably 1170s
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
This incipit page displays the VD monogram of the prayer beginning Vere dignum (It is fitting and just) at the bottom of the page. the Lamb of God stands in a medallion inside a cross uniting the letters. Rectangular protrusions marking each side of the page frame four figures, personifications of the four cardinal virtues: Temperance pouring from a flask, Prudence holding a serpent, Fortitude in armor, and Justice with a pair of scales.
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Details
- Title: Decorated Text Page with a VD Monogram
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: probably 1170s
- Location Created: Hildesheim, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 28.2 × 18.9 cm (11 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 97.MG.21.84v
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 64, fol. 84v
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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