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Hand-colored [15th century ?] print of the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child, photographed in Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Hand-colored [15th century ?] print of the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child, photographed in Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to the article “Angeleno Owns Ancient Bible, Book Reputed 1600 Years of Age.” Los Angeles Times, 18 June 1928: A1
Hand-colored print on parchment, 15th century (?), depicting an angel pointing to the Virgin Mary with the infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the infant Jesus, in an oval frame surrounded by scroll ornament and flowers. Below the oval frame a latin inscription reads, in part, "IE S V' BONE ADIVA N[ ]G". The print was owned by P. H. Kazanjian of 1158 West Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles, in 1928.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bible, Armenian Bible, 1600 yrs. old
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 1141
uclamss_1429_1141
ark:/21198/zz002dbjgh
Language: Latin
Subject: Angels in art
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Art
Jesus Christ Art
John, the Baptist, Saint Art
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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