Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

c. 1430 · Italy

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

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

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