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France, Paris, ca. 1440
M.303 fol. 152r

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Scene, Secular: Burial -- Standing in grave, two grave diggers lower body sewn into shroud into the grave. Coffin, decorated with cross, is next to the grave.
Scene in landscape with cemetary cross, grave markers, trees, and castle, in background with turrets surmounted by banners.
Margins decorated with border of foliate rinceaux.



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