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Manuscript leaf with two illuminated miniatures

Unknown artist, 1250–1275

Manuscript leaf with two illuminated miniatures. These illuminations on vellum are the earliest extant illustrations of the Infancy miracles of Christ, derived from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel. One illustrates an Arabic legend in which Christ turns children into pigs as a punishment for their parents' treachery; the other from a Syriac legend depicts Christ sitting on a sunbeam, while his classmates in trying to copy him plunge to their deaths in the water below.

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Title of artwork, date

Manuscript leaf with two illuminated miniatures, 1250–1275

Date supported

1993

Medium and material

Illumination on vellum

Dimensions

18 x 12 cm

Grant

8398

Total cost

33594

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