Canivet
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Definition: en:a technique known as canivet, in which a small knife was used to cut ornate patterns into paper or parchment. An art form that flourished originally among nuns in France, Germany, and the Netherlands beginning in the 15th century, it was employed to exceptional effect in several manuscripts connected with Marie de' Médicis
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| en | canivet1 | Walters Art Museum | preferred | a technique known as canivet, in which a small knife was used to cut ornate patterns into paper or parchment. An art form that flourished originally among nuns in France, Germany, and the Netherlands beginning in the 15th century, it was employed to exceptional effect in several manuscripts connected with Marie de' Médicis |
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