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"description": "Leaf from a Psalter: Initial C: David Seated with a Book (1 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1270\u20131280. England, Oxford(?), 13th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.124",
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