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Decorated Text Page

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Date: about 1525–1530
Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf
Culture: Flemish
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

Butterflies, thistles, insects, and an alert squirrel examining a nut decorate this border surrounding a text devoted to the virtues and sorrows of the Virgin. The thistles seem to hover in front of the shimmering gold ground, casting illusionistic shadows below.

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