Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook

c. 1300 · France

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with Latin inscriptions in gothic book hand, verso, in black ink, on parchment

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson

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