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"description": "The Visitation: Leaf from a Book of Hours (5 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.5 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2003.172",
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"description": "Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves), c. 1420\u201330. Henri d'Orquevaulx (French), or Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.1 x 12.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.128",
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