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"tombstone": "Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444\u20131519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 23.5 x 17.3 x 4.8 cm (9 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1963.256",
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"did_you_know": "Isabella\u2019s book of hours may have in its margins one of the first depictions of a daffodil in manuscript painting.",
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"citation": "Calkins, Robert G. \u201cSacred Image & Illusion in Late Flemish Manuscripts.\u201d Essays in Medieval Studies: Proceedings of the Illinois Medieval Association Vol. 6 (1989)",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1991.",
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"citation": "Pelikan, Jaroslav, and Jaroslav Pelikan. The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.",
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"citation": "Smeyers, Maurits, and Monique Verboomen. L'Art de la miniature flamande du VIIIe au XVIe sie\u0300cle. Tournai: La renaissance du livre, 1998.",
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"citation": "Smeyers, Maurits. Flemish Miniatures from the 8th to the Mid-16th Century: The Medieval World on Parchment. Turnhout: Brepols, 1999.",
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"citation": "Crucifixion. London: Phaidon, 2000.",
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"citation": "Gnann, Achim, Heinz Widauer, Katja Gnann, and Konrad Oberhuber. Festschrift Fu\u0308r Konrad Oberhuber. Milano: Electa, 2000.",
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"citation": "May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.",
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"citation": "Kesel, Lieve de. \u201cAlmost Restored The Hours of Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, 78 B 15.\u201d Jahrbuch der Berliner (2001)",
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"citation": "Kren, Thomas, Scot McKendrick, and Maryan W. Ainsworth. Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. 2003.",
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"citation": "Wixom, William. \"A Glimpse at the Fountains of the Middle Ages.\" Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 8 (2003): 6-23.",
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"citation": "Dekeyzer, Brigitte. Layers of Illusion: The Mayer Van Den Bergh Breviary. [Ghent]: Ludion, 2004.",
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"citation": "Rudy, Kathryn M., and Barbara Baert. Weaving, veiling, and dressing: textiles and their metaphors in the late Middle Ages. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007.",
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"citation": "France, James. Medieval Images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Kalamazoo, Mich: Cistercian Publications, 2007.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Resplendent Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.",
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"citation": "Lo\u0301pez Montilla, Mari\u0301a Jesu\u0301s. El libro de horas: un libro selecto de devocio\u0301n privada. 2012.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. \"Medieval Masterpieces.\" Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 52, no. 4 (July/August 2012): 13-15.",
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"citation": "Campbell, Barbara F., and James P. Campbell. Finding God: Our Response to God's Gifts. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2013.",
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"citation": "Hindman, Sandra, and James H. Marrow. Books of hours reconsidered. 2013.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
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"citation": "De Hamel, Christopher. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts London: Allen Lane with an imprint of Penguin Books. 2016.",
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"citation": "Dias, Joa\u0303o Carvalho. European Illuminated Manuscripts in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection. [Lisbon]: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, 2020.",
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