Illuminations and Religious Narratives

Colorful illustrations from manuscripts depicting biblical scenes, significant characters, and rich decorative elements.

Euryalus Sends His First Letter to Lucretia; France; about 1460-1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.6 × 11.4 cm (6 15,16 × 4 1,2 in.)

Enea e Didone still image. Illuminations, Reproductive prints. 1904. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. City walls, Dido (Legendary character), Aeneas (Legendary character), Clothing & dress , Italy , 1400-1499, Carthage (Extinct city)

Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae, (Fifteenth Century), 1903.

Three Wise Men. Altarpiece of Bellver de Cerdanya. Painted wood. 14th C., by workshop of Seu D'Urgell.

Euryalus Sends His First Letter to Lucretia; France; about 1460-1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.6 × 11.4 cm (6 15,16 × 4 1,2 in.)

Leaf from a Book of Hours: The Visitation, c. 1470-1480. Guillaume Vrelant (Flemish, c. 1454-1481). Tempera, liquid gold, and grisaille on vellum; sheet: 10.3 x 7.5 cm (4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.).

The Judgment of Solomon, c. 1465, Israhel van Meckenem; Artist: After Master E.S., German, or Swiss, active c. 1450-1467, 8 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (20.64 x 12.86 cm) (image)9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.51 cm) (sheet), Hand-colored engraving, Germany, 15th century, The Bible describes the story of two infants laid before Solomon, one dead and one alive. Each woman insists the living child is her son, whereupon Solomon orders the boy cut in two. One woman quickly retracts her claim, revealing to the wise king her identity as the true mother (1 Kings 3:16-28). The bird at right may hint at which woman is false, for as noted in the Wisdom of Solomon 1:5, a righteous spirit 'will flee from deceit.'

CARLOS VII DE FRANCIA REUNIDO EN CONSEJO - MINIATURA SIGLO XV. Location: BIBLIOTECA REAL ALBERTO I. Brüssel. Belgien. CARLOS VII EL BIENAMADO FRANCIA.

Coloured woodblock illustration showing figures representing Vice and Virtue. Devils are seen trying to tempt sin. French circa 1830

Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius; Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop) (French, active about 1450 - 1485); Paris, France; about 1460 - 1470; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 6 x 17 cm (2 3,8 x 6 11,16 in.)

Trade Tribunal miniature from Statutes of the Merchants by Sano di Pietro (1472), Italy 15th Century.

Miniature from a book of hours: infanticide. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1475 - 1500. Measurements: h 94 mm × w 65 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Death of the Virgin, The Punishment of the Mockers; Unknown; Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe; about 1400 - 1410 with addition in 1487; Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

CHARLES the Bold, 1433-77, Duke of Burgundy, at his throne surrounded by his barons and councillors, after a 15th century manuscript, France

Entrance of the French King Charles VII into the city of Paris, 12 November 1437, (c1484). Illustration from the Vigils of Charles VII by Martial of Paris, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

JAIME I EL CONQUISTADOR ( MONTPELLIER 1208 - VALENCIA ( 1276 ). CONDE DE BARCELONA Y REY DE ARAGON (1213-1276 ) REY DE VALENCIA ( 1239 - 1276 ) REY DE MALLORCA (1229-1276 ). MINIATURA DEL INCUNABLE " CONSTITUCIONS I ALTRES DRETS DE CATALUNYA " 1495. JAIME I PRESIDIENDO LAS CORTES DE LLEIDA EN MARZO DEL AÑO 1242 . A SU DERECHA , EL PROTONOTARIO , Y DELANTE LOS REPRESENTANTES. DE LOS TRES BRAZOS.. ARCHIVO DE LA CORONA DE ARAGON. BARCELONA.

German 15th Century, Miracle at Seefeld, 1484, woodcut, hand-colored in red, blue, yellow, purple, brown, gray, and lavender

Pilate Washing His Hands. Dated: c. 1470/1480. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in yellow, red-brown lake, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Josaphat with the Youth in a coarse wool shirt; Follower of Hans Schilling (German, active 1459 - 1467), from the Workshop of Diebold Lauber (German, active 1427 - 1467); Hagenau, Alsace, France (formerly Germany); 1469; Ink, colored washes, and tempera colors on paper; Leaf: 28.6 x 20.3 cm (11 1,4 x 8 in.)

The murder of Thomas Beckett, miniature from The Mirror of History by Vincent de Beauvais (Vincenzo di Beauvais), manuscript, France 15th Century.

Scenes from the life of St Denis, patron saint of France, 3rd century (14th century). Artist: Unknown

Plaque - Christmas scene. Pseudo-Monvaerni ( fl. ca 1600), enamellist

Etienne Chevalier with Saint Stephen by Fouquet, Jean (1420Ð1481) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / ca 1455 / France / Watercolour on parchment / Portrait,Bible,History / 16,5x12

James II. Book of the customs and constitutions of Catalonia. 14th. Museum: Archivo Municipal del Palacio de Paeria.

The Trial by Fire, the right panel of the diptych of Justice of Emperor Otto, 1470-1475, by Dieric Bouts the Elder (ca 1415-1475), table, 324x182 cm.

Illuminated manuscript with Henry II and Philip II by Anonymous artist, Watercolour on parchment, after 1380, British Library

Initial A: The Women at the Tomb. Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (Italian, active about 1460 - 1480)

Frontispiece of Antonio de Nebrija's, 'Gramatica' - 15th century - vellum - VIT17-1-F1. Author: ELIO ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA (1441-1522). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. Master of the Order of Alcantara. ELIO ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA. ELIO ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA (1441-1522). ELIO ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA (1441/1522). JUAN ZUÑIGA Y PIMENTEL (1465-1504). ANTONIO MARTINEZ DE CALA Y XARANA (1441/1522).

BESANON, Master Jacques de (end 15th century). Book of Hours of Charles VIII. ca. 1480-1498. The Adoration of the Magi. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

VRELANT, Willem (1410-1481). Book of Hours of Leonor de la Vega. 1465 - 1470. Scene of the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Gothic art. Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Job's children killed / Illumin./ c.1500

Colored woodcut by Anton Koberger, created between 1479 and 1483, depicting King Solomon with the Queen of Sheba, showing figures in royal attire and detailed palace interior.

'The Forteresse De La Foy. (MS. Roy. 17 F. vi)', 1903. Artist: Unknown.

The Marriage at Cana; Hagar and Ishmal; David and Goliath, Hand painted on canvas, The top scene illustrates the Marriage in Cana with a feast, followed below by the scene of Jesus transforming water into wine. The bottom two scenes show Hagar and Ishmael, and David and Goliath., Sweden, 1775-1825, Wallcoverings, Bonad, Bonad

Altarpiece depicting Saint Stephen by Paul Vergós , member of the Vergós Family. The Vergós were a family of painters from Catalonia, Spain. Dated 15th Century

The Meeting Of Anna & Joachim C. 1304-5 Giotto (ca.1266-1337 Italian) Fresco Capella Scrovegni, Padua, Italy

Scene of a chivalry tournament, miniature from Lancelot of the Lake, manuscript, France 15th Century.

Dream of Innocent III, detail from the predella from the Stigmata of St Francis, ca 1300, by Giotto (1267-1337), tempera on wood, 313x163 cm.

Fourth bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. The princess and her falconer watch knights and ladies capture wild men in bearskins under the battlements. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius by Coetivy Master (active c. 1450-1485) J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles ca 1465 France Tempera and gold on parchment Book Art Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History

Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo), Pinacoteca Civica Vittore Crivelli. Vittore Crivelli, Polittico dell'Incoronazione, fine XV secolo (anni 80), proveniente dalla chiesa dei Minori Osservanti. Nella predella storie di San Giovanni Battista (Nascita di S. Giovanni Battista)

Courteous dance scene, by artists from the Bolzano School, fresco, south wall of Tournament Hall, Runkelstein Castle, near Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige. Italy, 14th-15th century.

Lelio Sozzini, Scipio Aemilianus, Atticus and Cato the Censor discussing old age, miniature from Cicero's Cato the Elder on Old Age, Latin manuscript, 15th Century.

Razgovor muzha s zhenoiu.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Miniature Excised from a Manuscript: St. Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1500. Italy, Ferrara, 16th century. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.).

Artwork on the Wall of Westminster Cathedral

Illustration of Grand Duke Yaroslav by Meister des Cambrai-Missale Mahiet, watercolor on parchment, between 1332 and 1350, active between 1332 and 1350, Great Britain, British Library

People at room by Barthelemy van Eyck, tempera and gold on parchment, circa 1460, 1444-ca 1476, Austria, Vienna, Austrian National Library, 29x20, 7

Miniatura del libro de los feudos de la Cerdaña "Liber Feudorum Ceritaniae", S.XIII.

Chaucer's Man of Laws Tale - Design, 1862-1864. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones. Sultan of Syria viewing a portrait of Constance, daughter of the Emperor of Rome.

Miniature from Lancelotof the Lake, manuscript, France 15th Century.

A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist showing a king receiving letters, illustrating figures, gestures, and medieval attire, dated 1420-1430.

Depiction of Emperor Maximilian Is triumphal procession including Gemodiosi and show boards titled 'Roman Crowning' and 'Reich Germaniae', executed by Albrecht Altdorfer in dark brown pen, brush, watercolor, and gold on parchment, circa 1512-1515.

Charles The Bold (1433-77) Duke of Burgundy from 1467, enthroned and surrounded by his nobles and counsellors. In illuminated border, a woman plays a lute and a man the bagpipes. Chromolithograph from a 15th century miniature.

ENRIQUE III EN LA 1ªCEREMONIA DE LA ORDEN DEL ESPIRITU STO EL1/7/1579 CON LOS AGUSTINOS DE PARIS. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France. Henry III of France. ESPIRITU SANTO. VALOIS ENRIQUE III.

France: The Duc de Berry (seated, right), January in the calendar section of the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, tempera on vellum, Limbourg Brothers, c. 1415 CE

CODICE 2167 - PG 13V - VISTA DE UNA CLASE DEL RENACIMIENTO - SIGLO XVI. Author: BIRAGO GIOVANNI PIETRO DI. Location: BIBLIOTECA TRIVULZIANA. Milan. ITALIA.

The Last Supper. Dated: c. 1480/1500. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in blue, lt. blue, lavender,vermilion, rose, tan, yellow, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Louis XII leads his troops into Genova, which he has just re-taken, but from which he will again be turned out in a few years' time Date: 28 April 1507

Miniature depicting a Knight receiving his sword from the King Guillaume d'Orange. Dated 14th Century

Charles VI (1368-1422), the Beloved. King of France from 1380 to his death. Charles IV's secretary Pierre Salmon presents the manuscript to Charles VI. Miniature. 15th century. France National Library.

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº12-F20V-LA VIRGEN SE QUEJA EN TOLEDO DE LAS INJURIAS DE LOS JUDIOS-S XIII. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Philip IV of France and his Children. Louis X, Philip V, Charles IV and Isabella of France, married to Edward II of England. Paris, National Library. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY, PARIS.

The Pietà. Artist Unknown; Bavarian, 15th century. Date: 1460-1465. Dimensions: 100 × 75 mm (plate); 105 × 80 mm (sheet). Metalcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor in yellow, red-brown lake, and green, on ivory laid paper, with manuscript text in pen and brown ink on verso. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

William of Tyre (c.1130-1185) Syrian churchman Overseas History. Council of Acre and the siege of Damascus (1097-98), 2nd Crusade. Manuscript, Acre, circa 1280

ESMALTE DE LIMOGES-TRIPTICO DE SANTA MARTA CON SAN LAZARO SANTA MAGDALENA SANTA GENOVEVA Y SAN LORENZO-1500. Location: MUSEO DEL LOUVRE-CERAMICA.

Charivari (Carnival Masquerade) 14th C. Artist Unknown (French) Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Tile Tableau with a performance of the visitation, Francisco Niculoso, 1504 Tile tableau of multicolored painted Majolica, consisting of twelve tiles. The meeting of Maria and Elisabeth is painted on the tiles. There is a group of people in a Portico with cassette ceiling and square columns: Maria and on the left is Elisabeth, behind it a girl, three men, a woman and a girl. The text: "Nicvloso Italiano Me Fecit" is painted on the middle tile of the lower edge. Sevilla earthenware. tin glaze. lead glaze majolica Tile tableau of multicolored painted Majolica, consisting of twelve tiles. The meeting of Maria and Elisabeth is painted on the tiles. There is a group of people in a Portico with cassette ceiling and square columns: Maria and on the left is Elisabeth, behind it a girl, three men, a woman and a girl. The text: "Nicvloso Italiano Me Fecit" is painted on the middle tile of the lower edge. Sevilla earthenware. tin glaze. lead glaze majolica

Liber Floridus (Book of Flowers). Medieval encyclopedia, 1090-1120 by Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer. Miniature depicting Saint Peter and the city of Rome. Manuscript of the15th century. Conde Museum. Chateau of Chantilly. France.

Curing of a hemiplegic, 15th century; Illustration from Le livre des faiz Monseigneur Saint Louis, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

LIBRO DE LOS CABALLEROS DE LA ORDEN DE SANTIAGO - 1361 - FOLIO 71 V - ASTUDILLO - PARDO - GONZALEZ G. Location: ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL. BURGOS. SPAIN. ASTUDILLO ALONSO. GONZALEZ GALLO ALONSO. GALLO ALVARO.

Mealtime at the chateau de Rouen ; Charles, duc de Normandie, is at table when his father Jean II arrives unexpectedly Date: 5 April 1356

MINIATURA-ZAL ES INTERROGADO. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. BOSTON-MASSACHUSETTS.

The Elevation of the Host; Initial T: A Putto Between the Sun and Moon; Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, active about 1389 - 1410); Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; between 1389 and 1404; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7,16 in.)

Courtly Scenes South Netherlandish ca. 1510-25 View more. Courtly Scenes. South Netherlandish. ca. 1510-25. Wool warp; wool and silk wefts. Textiles-Tapestries

Ovid, Excerpts from Heroides; Octavien de Saint-Gelais, Letters. Master of the Chronique scandaleuse, illuminator (French, active about 1493 - 1510) about 1493 Executed for Anne of Brittany, queen of France (1477-1514), this luxurious manuscript contains a series of eight full-page images that accompany a French translation of Ovids letters that were supposedly authored by mourning heroines and addressed to their unfaithful husbands or lovers. The illumination program culminates with an image of Queen Anne, showing her seated frontally under a cloth of honor with her ladies-in-waiting. Like all the illuminations in the manuscript, it was painted by an anonymous artist called the Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (active from around 1490 to 1510). Hallmarks of the masters style include figures that are characterized by prominent foreheads, downcast hooded eyes, rosebud lips, and pale skin tones, as well as the use of bold colors and liquid gold in the draperies. According to the accom

March - In the foreground, a peasant ploughs a field with a plough pulled by two oxen, the man steering them with a long goatee. Winegrowers prune the vine in an enclosure on the left and plough the soil with a hoe to aerate the soil: these are the first ways of the vine. On the right, a man leans over a sack, probably to draw some seeds that he will then sow. Finally, in the background, a shepherd takes the dog that guards his flock. In the background is the castle of Lusignan (Poitou), property of the Duke of Berry who had it modernized. On the right of the picture, above the Poitou tower, a

Jean Fouquet, Martyrdom of St.Andrew

Half-page miniature of David and Saul., 1445

French 15th Century, The Transportation of the Holy House of Loreto, 1494 The Transportation of the Holy House of Loreto

MOISES. LIBERADOR DE ISRAEL. " SALVAMENTO DE MOISES " ILUSTRACION DE LA BIBLIA DE NUREMBERG. ALEMANIA 1483.

La Dame de Courcy, one of queen Isabella's attendant ladies, returns to France when king Richard II is deposed : she and her luggage are seen landing at Boulogne. Date: circa 1399

Illustration for the Fairy tale Vasilisa the Beautiful by Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) / Private Collection / 1931 / Russia / Watercolour, Gouache on Paper / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 27x22,2 / Book design

Court of the Great Knight. Illustration from 'Codice dei privielegi' ('Codex of privilege'). 15th century. Mss. H-V5. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Brescia. Biblioteca Queriniana (Queriniana library).

The Unicorn Surrenders to a Maiden (from the Unicorn Tapestries) 1495-1505 French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) In these two fragments of a single tapestry (see also 38.51.2), the unicorn appears to have been tamed. He seems so docile, in fact, that he is oblivious to the dog licking the wound on his back and stares loving at the maiden who must have subdued him. Most of her figure is missing, the result of damage incurred after the tapestries were looted in 1793. The remaining traces include the maiden's right arm, clothed in red velvet and visible between the beard and throat of the unicorn, and her fingers, seen gently caressing the bottom of the animal's mane. She sits in an enclosed garden (hortus conclusus), often a metaphor for the purity of a maiden. The more complete female figure may be signaling to the hunter outside the garden, who in turn sounds the horn to summon the others. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #67. The Mystic Cap

Umbria Perugia Montefalco S. Chiara5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (16th century renovations); frescoes (14-15th century); sculpture Cloisters museum: sculpture, metalwork, painted crucifix, frescoes. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Werner von Teufen, German minnesinger. Date: circa 1300

Falconer with Two Ladies, a Page, and a Foot Soldier. Culture: South Netherlandish. Dimensions: Overall: 98 1/2 x 138in. (250.2 x 350.5cm). Date: ca. 1500-1530. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Death of Dido 1500 Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

The Ascension of Christ; Pacino di Bonaguida (Italian (Florentine), active about 1303 - about 1347); Florence, Italy; about 1340; Tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 44.4 × 31.8 cm (17 1,2 × 12 1,2 in.)

Barthélemy van Eyck, Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History, c 1442 Seven Famous Figures from Ancient History

Dido Neglects Her People 15th Century Artist Unknown Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Costumes of a lady, lords and bourgeois, France, 16th century. Suzanne is brought to her denunciators. Taken from a stained-glass window of the story of Chaste Suzanne at Notre-Dame-de-Brou. Seigneurs, dame noble et bourgeois, XVIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

History of Troy. Illustration of the first chapter of the Les Grandes Chroniques de France where it is explained how Frenchs descended from the Trojans. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. National Library of the Turin University.

Anna Vögtlin from Bischoffingen in Breisgau is burned outside the walls of Willisau as an alleged witch, because she is said to have stolen consecrated hosts, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time.

M.B.I.2-CANTIGA DE STA MARIA-Nº260-F235V-CODICE DE LOS MUSICOS-GAITAS-S XIII MINIATURA GOTICA. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Privileges of the royal school of notaries and secretaries, 1365-1545. Manuscript MS-5169, Page 2v. 16th century. Illustration from 'La France au XVI sicle'. 1971. FRANCE. ‘LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Bibliothque de l'Arsenal (Library of the Arsenal).

Pilate Washing his Hands; Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561); Bruges, Belgium; about 1525-1530; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 16.8 × 11.4 cm (6 5,8 × 4 1,2 in.)

CDK Wyspiały, Stanis Aw (1869 1907)

MINIATURA-REY ARTURO EN CAMELOT CON LANCELOT. Author: ANTOINE VERARD. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France. KING ARTHUR. LANCELOT. ARTURO III DE INGLATERRA.

New Lamps for Old, 1901 Artist Joseph Edward Southall Gilded by Anna Elizabeth Southall, The subject is taken from story of Aladdin in the One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights). George Breeze records (in 'Joseph Southall 1861-1944, Artist-Craftsman', Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, 1983): 'The figures from left to right are: the artist, Arthur Gaskin, (The Magician), Charles March Gere, Mrs F. Wood, (Aladdin's wife), William Littleboy, Alderman White, Joseph Sturge, Anna Elizabeth Baker, John E. Baker (Scheherazade), and Alderman Baker. Apart from the first three who were artists, the other named persons were prominent Quakers in Birmingham. All were close friends or relatives of Southall.', Bird, PeacockPre-Raphaelite, Frame

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