Fragment from a Gradual with Historiated Initial (V): The Virgin Mary

Fragment from a Gradual with Historiated Initial (V): The Virgin Mary

c. 1250–1275 · Italy, Campania(?), 13th century

ink, tempera, and gold on parchment

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