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"inscription": "Deus in adiutorium meum intende. Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina.",
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"description": "Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Coronation of the Virgin (recto); Text (verso), c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410\u201325). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; folio: 17 x 12.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.79.2",
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"description": "Leaves from a Book of Hours: The Visitation and Christ in Judgment, c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410\u201325). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 17 x 12.7 cm (6 11/16 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.366",
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