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The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

A work made of manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in latin in black ink, ruled in red, with red rubrics and other decorations, on parchment.
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  • A work made of manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in latin in black ink, ruled in red, with red rubrics and other decorations, on parchment.

Date:

c. 1500

Artist:

Spanish

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality)

Date

1480–1520

Medium

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, with red rubrics and other decorations, on parchment

Dimensions

Initial: 24 × 24.5 cm (9 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 85 × 58 cm (33 1/2 × 22 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift from Louis H. Silver

Reference Number

1959.41

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