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"description": "Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Calendar Page with Labors (recto) and Calendar Page with Peasant (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2011.67",
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"description": "Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Rabbits Dancing (recto) and Putto Picking Strawberries (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; sheet: 16.5 x 13.5 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2022.101",
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"description": "This leaf reveals the charm of secular decoration such as satyrs or domestic activities like cooking. Such details would have been a sumptuous delight to the original owner. The original book was a highly personalized volume apparently written and illuminated in North Germany as suggested by internal textual references. The prominent inclusion of Saint Godehard (died 1038), Bishop of Hildesheim, in the calendar (not visible) would suggest that the manuscript was produced in that city.",
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