Fragment of a Choir Book with Historiated Initial (H): Birth of the Virgin

1200s · Southern Italy, 13th century

ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

Cleveland Museum of Art · Medieval Art · CC0 · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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