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Calendar and Collectary
Staatsbibliothek Bamberg
Bamberg, Germany
The flesh of Mary is not painted with colour, but left blank so that the parchment (animal skin) can be seen.
Mary's book shows a quote from Isaiah's prophecy (Is 7.14), while Gabriel's scroll represents his greeting of the Virgin.
(fol. 10r, detail)
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Details
- Title: Calendar and Collectary
- Date Created: 1428
- Physical Location: Sonnefeld, Cistercian nuns
- Physical Dimensions: 21,3 x 16,5 cm
- Provenance: Langheim, Cistercian monastery
- Medium: parchment
- Volume: 125 fols.
- Shelf mark: Msc.Lit.112
- Photographer: Gerald Raab
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