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Leaf from a confraternity document (MS M.964).

Accession number
MS M.964
Object title
Leaf from a confraternity document (MS M.964).
Created
Perugia, Italy, 1401-1432.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus, 1974.
Description
1 single leaf : vellum, ill. ; 303 x 205 mm
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Straus Collection, New York.
Notes
Ms. leaf from a confraternity document; written and illuminated in Perugia, Italy, first third of the 15th century.
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature picturing the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by 2 pairs of saints, 20 kneeling members of a confraternity, and 1 kneeling chaplain with tonsure; verso is blank.
Artist: Matteo di Ser Cambio.
Century