This is a photograph of a medieval manuscript page. The image shows an illuminated manuscript spread across two pages, featuring text in dark brown ink written in a formal, gothic script, with red and blue embellishments and paragraph markers. The left page contains a large, ornate initial 'I' in gold, detailed with intricate geometric patterns and spirals that extend into the margins. Below the large initial is a historiated letter, containing a small illustration of two figures in medieval attire conversing, surrounded by a golden background within the letter. The manuscript appears to be…
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Joshua before the Lord

French 13th Century

c. 1270

Medium
tempera and gold leaf on vellum
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 48.7 x 71 cm (19 3/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Culture
Arras
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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