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

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Status

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

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

Place

Spain (Artist's nationality:)

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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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