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Gingo Biloba, by Goethe
Calligrapher: Zapf, Hermann
Tools and materials used: red and black ink on Japanese tissue paper with gold and silver specks and dried leaves.
Given by Hermann Zapf
Height: 437 mm
Width: 293 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Zapf, Hermann
Production date: AD 1988
Support
composed of
paper
( tissue)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 54-2007
Primary reference Number: 167349
Old object number: Calligraphy/Zapf/1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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