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AT ( Bücher der Könige, Paralipomenon I und II)

1441 · 12 pictures

A German manuscript of the Books of Kings and Chronicles, made in 1441 and held by Heidelberg University Library, written in Middle High German for a lay or clerical reader. Its pictures show a crowned king seated at a lectern or writing desk, painted in red, blue and green with gold accents on vellum, with scrolling banners above the text and a decorated initial letter that a designer could borrow for hand-lettered headers and framed captions.

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