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Historiated Initial (I) Excised from a Bible

Historiated Initial (I) Excised from a Bible

1200s
tempera and gold on parchment
Sheet: 11.2 x 2.3 cm (4 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Gift of Vittorio Forti 1954.131.4
Location: not on view
  • CMA, 1980: "Science within Art," cat. no. 18, reproduced
    Also to: Beachwood, OH, Beachwood Museum
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.131.4