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• Fanciful bookmark of Medieval flora and fauna of a damselfly and snail hidden among blue lilies. This detail was taken from the margin of an unknown illuminated French manuscript from about 1528-30 in the collection of the Getty Museum.
  
  - Finish: Solid brass, electro-plated with non-tarnishing silver finish, giclee print
  - Dimensions: Approx. 1.75 inches W x 3.5 inches L
  - With packaging: 8 inches H x 2.5 inches W
  - Item #: BKS6871
  
  Blossoms strewn on a gold ground surround the opening text of the preface to Saint Paul's Epistles. Painted life-size and casting fictive shadows on the background, the flowers appear almost real. Nestled among the flowers are a variety of insects and a snail. The anonymous French illuminator of this page adapted his design from the illusionistic borders of earlier Flemish manuscripts, a common practice among French artists of the early 1500s. A more reserved floral motif decorates the gold ground of the initial letter P of the text. 
  
  Source Object Information:
  Unknown Maker
  Tours France Paris France (Place created)
  About 1528 - 1530
  Tempera colors and gold paint on parchment
  Leaf: 16.5 x 10.3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/16 in.)
  Getty Epistles (Group Title)
  Ms. Ludwig I 15, fol. 2
  83.MA.64.2

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