
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manuscript Illumination with Initial V, from a Bible
- Date
- ca. 1175–95
- Medium
- Tempera on parchment
- Culture
- French
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 472539
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