Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cristoforo Cortese

Title

Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1420–1440

Medium

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

Dimensions

9.8 × 6.4 cm (3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Reference Number

1924.151

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