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Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages MMA NYC

In a Gospel from Canterbury around 1000, St. Matthew is shown in robes that consist entirely of swirling lines of blue, green and red ink; the book on which he works has gold-leaf pages.
The Pierpont Morgan Library | http://ub0.cc/46/1S

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