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  • Title: Fragment of Minneteppich [Love Tapestry]
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  • Description: The man's scroll reads "Beautiful Lady, offer me your just love", to which the woman replies "The griffin tells me it is a trick, just love does not exist on earth." The griffin may appear in this scene as a protector of the woman's virtue because griffins were believed to guard precious gems in the Hyperborean hills.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public domain
  • Subject (See Also): Courtly Love Gardens Griffins (Mythological Figures)
  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 15
  • Date: ca. 1430-1450
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  • Current Location: Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Inv. Nr. K 6211
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Textiles
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Silk; Linen; Wool; Tapestries
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  • Height/Width/Length(cm): 107/151/
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