Enamel plaque on the cover of the Hours of the Virgin

An image of Champlevé enamel. Plaques on the cover of the Hours of the Virgin (MS. McClean 75). On the front and back cover, there is a mandorla-shaped plaque surrounded by four rectangular plaques forming a wide border. Rhineland, Germany. Height 7 1/8 in, circa 1200 to 1300. Medieval.

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Champlevé enamel. Plaques on the cover of the Hours of the Virgin (MS. McClean 75). On the front and back cover, there is a mandorla-shaped plaque surrounded by four rectangular plaques forming a wide border. Rhineland, Germany. Height 7 1/8 in, circa 1200 to 1300. Medieval.

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Accession Number: M.37-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 836 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.00MB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2053:01:08 13:55:37

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13th Century angels book of hours champleve Christianity cover enamel enamelled Fitz_AA German mandorla manuscript Medieval plaque religion religious saints

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