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Yates Thompson 7 f. 174 Detail: Woman with death head
Detail: Woman with death head
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Description: Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a woman (Duchess Dionora?) with a skull for face admiring herself in a hand mirror, and partial strew border with gems, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead. 
Origin: Italy, N. (Ferrara or Rome) 
Attribution: Matteo da Milano 


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