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| Keywords: British - Hoisting Text into Place - Walters W10239V - Open Reverse.jpg This image expands the idea of play encompassing not just the actions of the figures depicted but those of the artist too Here the scribe has accidentally left out a line of text a common occurrence usually corrected by simply adding the missing line elsewhere on the page However this artist perhaps the scribe himself has used this error as an opportunity to have fun and has drawn a figure hoisting the text into its proper place on the page ca 1290 1300 Gothic parchment with ink paint and gold cm 26 5 18 4 accession number W 102 39V 77741 Henry Walters Baltimore ca 1930 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters ca 1930 Checkmate Medieval People at Play The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin northern Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Walters MS W102 - Book of Hours Errors | ||||
