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Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible (set of nine)

1200s

Italy

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Medium
tempera and gold on parchment
Measurements
Sheet: 5.2 x 4.2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Vittorio Forti 1954.131
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Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented tempera and gold historiated initial on parchment depicts a bearded man with a red halo preaching from a wooden pulpit. Contained within the blue and white curve of a letter "P," he gestures toward six smaller figures looking upward against a gold background. White scrolls decorate the corners of the blue frame. All figures have light skin tones.

Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible (set of nine)

1200s

Italy

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