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Accession number: 
MS M.1165.1-2
Title: 
Manuscript leaves
Created: 
late 19th, early 20th century.
Credit: 
Gift of Jeffrey Hoffeld in honor of John Plummer, 2007.
Description: 
2 leaves : vellum, ill. ; 235 x 165 mm; 233 x 165 mm
Provenance: 
New York Sotheby's, May 20, 1993; Jeffrey Hoffeld.
Notes: 

Ms. single leaves; the vellum stock is from ca. 15th-16th centuries, illuminated in the late 19th, early 20th century.
Decoration: M.1165.1: banquet scene; M.1165.2: couple distracted by woman while a thief cuts of the purse of the woman in the couple.
Artist: Spanish Forger.
The leaves have been assigned the numbers L178-179 in the ongoing catalog of the Spanish Forger by William Voelkle.

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Century: 
19th century
20th century
Genres: 
Forgeries
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Single leaves
Vellum (parchment)
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts