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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Massacre of the Innocents, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 177v detail

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Massacre of the Innocents, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 177v detail by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts

Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau, Massacre of the Innocents, Walters Manuscript W.174, fol. 177v detail, a photo by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

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