Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio

Title

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1375–1399

Medium

Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment

Dimensions

23.5 × 19.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Frank W. Gunsaulus Estate

Reference Number

1923.1682

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