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        "tombstone": "Initial S[alve sancta parens] with the Virgin Adored by Angels, and Singing Benedictine Monks:  Single Leaf from a Gradual, c. 1270. South Italy, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.313",
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        "title": "Initial S[alve sancta parens] with the Virgin Adored by Angels, and Singing Benedictine Monks:  Single Leaf from a Gradual",
        "creation_date": "c. 1270",
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        "technique": "ink, tempera, and gold on parchment",
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        "department": "Medieval Art",
        "collection": "MED - Manuscript Illuminations",
        "type": "Manuscript",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 311502,
                    "title": "The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).",
                    "opening_date": "1993-09-25T04:00:00"
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                {
                    "description": "Toledo Museum of Art, January 11-March 1, 1953, \"Medieval and Renaissance Music Manuscripts.\"",
                    "opening_date": "1953-01-01T00:00:00"
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        "description": "This large initial <em>S</em> introduces the introit (beginning) for a Saturday Votive Mass of the Virgin Mary. The text begins <em>Salve sancta parens</em> (Hail Holy Parent [Mother]). The double curve of the letter creates two registers for the representation of independent scenes. The initial is set within a rectangular frame and against a background of diapers (geometric patterns). This diapering motif was commonly used in French illumination of this period and thus reveals some French influence in the decoration of the letter. Additionally, Byzantine models were probably used by the artist for the figures of the Virgin flanked by two angels\u2014perhaps inspired by a mosaic.",
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        "accession_date": "1951-07-26T00:00:00",
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